Hampshire Facts and Figures

New Forest Key Facts








New Forest Boundaries


Ward and Parish boundaries for New Forest can be viewed on a map in either PDF or JPG format by selecting one of the appropriate links below:

Ward:

Parish:

Source: Ordnance Survey boundaries

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Rural and Urban Classification 2004



Area Number of Hectares % Hectares % Population
Rural 65951.7 88% 30%
Urban>10,000 population 9369.1 12% 70%
New Forest Total 75320.8 100% 100%

This information can also be viewed graphically on a map in either jpg or pdf format by clicking one of the following links:

Sources :

Population figures - Hampshire County Council's 2008 based Small Area Population Forecasts (SAPF).
Rural urban figures - Rural & Urban Classification 2004

These data are derived from 2001 Census data.
Areas were treated as 'urban' or 'rural' simply on the basis of their geographical relationship to settlements of 10,000 or more population. More specifically, where the majority of the population of an area lives within settlements with a population of more than 10,000 people, the area is treated as urban. All other areas were treated as rural.

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Population



The Hampshire County Council Demography section have produced Demographic Factsheets on each of the districts and two unitary authorities in Hampshire, you can view or download the New Forest factsheets by clicking on the following links:

Population age profile


Age Group 1991 Census 2001 Census 2010 Mid-Year Estimates
All Ages 160,456 169,331 177,000
0-4 9,183 8,355 8,400
5-14 8,977 9,905 8,800
10-14 9,026 10,639 10,000
15-19 9,574 8,900 10,000
20-24 9,327 6,629 8,100
25-29 10,209 7,660 7,600
30-34 10,176 10,166 7,300
35-39 10,359 11,949 9,700
40-44 11,983 11,658 12,200
45-49 9,986 11,212 13,200
50-54 8,814 12,854 12,100
55-59 8,715 11,356 11,800
60-64 9,367 9,761 13,800
65-69 10,077 9,533 11,700
70-74 8,619 9,292 9,700
75-79 7,359 8,319 8,500
80-84 5,002 5,980 6,900
85-89 2,573 3,484 4,800
90+ 1,130 1,679 2,500

Source: Office for National Statistics

For further information or a more detailed breakdown on the population figures shown please go to the Demography section pages

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Housing Completions



The following table shows the number of net dwellings completed in New Forest by large and small sites each year since 2000. The information is obtained through detailed annual surveys carried out by the Land Supply team and local authority colleagues.

Net Housing Completions by Large, Small and Total Sites 2000-2011


Year 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Total 2000-2011
Small 63 182 93 173 212 188 167 186 232 121 139 1756
Large 329 538 308 404 284 215 132 249 297 115 145 3016
Total 392 720 401 577 496 403 299 435 529 236 284 4772

Note : Large sites are sites of 10 or more dwellings

Source: Land Supply team, Research & Intelligence group, Hampshire County Council
For more information on Housing, Industrial, Leisure and Retail sites please visit the Land Supply section pages

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House Prices



Qtr 1 (provisional) 2011 median house price Qtr 1 (provisional) 2011 lower quartile house price 2010 ratio of median house prices to median earnings 2010 ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings
New Forest 240,000 177,500 10.05 10.33
South East 217,000 160,000 8.23 8.51
England 175,000 121,000 7.01 6.69
Source:  HM Land Registry

The BBC host a searchable page with the most available house price information supplied by the Land Registry, the information is broken down by district and house type and can be found at BBC house prices page


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Employment (employees)


Sector 2009 Employee estimate 2010 Employee estimate Absolute Change % Change LQ against GB
Primary & Utilities (A/B) 1,600 1,400 -100 -9.2 1.05
Manufacturing (C) 6,100 6,700 600 9.4 1.13
Construction (F) 5,600 6,400 800 14.6 2.17
Motor trades (Part G) 1,300 1,500 200 16.3 1.25
Wholesale (Part G) 2,500 3,100 600 23.2 1.12
Retail (Part G) 6,600 6,700 100 1.2 0.96
Transport & storage (inc postal) (H) 2,300 2,500 200 7.0 0.81
Accommodation & food services (I) 6,200 6,300 100 1.5 1.40
Information & communication (J) 1,400 1,400 -100 -3.9 0.56
Financial & insurance (K) 1,100 1,100 0 -3.1 0.41
Property (L) 2,900 1,200 -1,800 -59.8 1.27
Professional, scientific & technical (M) 3,800 3,700 -100 -2.3 0.79
Business administration & support services (N) 3,200 2,500 -700 -21.8 0.46
Public administration & defence (O) 2,000 2,200 200 12.2 0.57
Education (P) 6,300 7,900 1,500 24.1 1.22
Health (Q) 8,500 9,100 600 6.5 1.02
Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services (R,S,T,U) 3,400 3,600 200 6.4 1.15
Total Employee Estimate 64,800 67,000 2,300 3.5  

Source: Business Register and Employment Survey 2009 and 2010

Notes:

  1. All broad industry definitions based on Standard Industry Classification (SIC) 2007. The revised SIC 2007 is not directly comparable to the earlier SIC 2003 or 1992 used in the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

  2. All estimates rounded to nearest 100 employees.

  3. Excludes SIC 2007 01:000 farm labourers.

  4. An employee is anyone aged 16 years or over that an organisation directly pays from its payroll(s), in return for carrying out a full-time or part-time job or being on a training scheme. It excludes voluntary workers, self-employed, working owners who are not paid via PAYE.

The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) replaces the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), but remains based on a sample survey so all figures are estimates subject to reliability measures which need to be taken into account when interpreting the data. The lower the level of geography and industry the less reliable the data.

The location quotient (LQ) compares the local economy to a reference economy, in the process attempting to identify specializations in the local economy. The location quotient is based upon a calculated ratio between the local economy and the economy of some reference unit, in this case the local authority area referenced to Great Britain. A figure equal to or close to ‘1.00’ implies parity between the local and national employee share for that sector, while figures above suggest local sector concentrations.

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Earnings



Average gross weekly (median resident earnings) New Forest (£) C.I % +/- UK (£) C.I % +/-
Males 530 6.0 490 0.3
Females 290 7.6 320 0.3
All workers 400 6.0 400 0.2
Full time workers 520 5.0 500 0.2

Source:  Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2011 (Resident based query), National Statistics. Earnings rounded to the nearest ten.

Average gross weekly (median workplace earnings) New Forest (£) C.I % +/- UK (£) C.I % +/-
Male 500 6.2 490 0.3
Female 280 9.0 320 0.3
All workers 390 5.8 400 0.2
Full Time workers 480 4.2 500 0.2

Source:  Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2011 (Workplace based query), National Statistics. Earnings rounded to the nearest ten.

NOTES: Earnings are median gross weekly estimates. The median is the value below which 50% of all employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data, which is influenced more by extreme values e.g. small numbers of very high earners.

Resident based earnings are the average earnings of employees who live in the local district and includes local resident workers and out-commuters. Workplace based earnings included local resident workers and in-commuters.

C.I % +/- is the confidence interval around the estimate at the 95% level (0.05). As a rule of thumb, the higher the percentage value the less reliable the data. Any value above 10% should be viewed with caution.

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Unemployment



Claimants April 2012 Male Female Persons
New Forest 1,293 611 1,904
Rate % 2.5 1.2 1.8
UK Rate % 5.4 2.6 4.0

Source:   DWP Claimant Count, National Statistics

From August 2010 all claimant rates are now based on the revised working age population. This moves the female working age from 16-59yrs to 16-64yrs to be in line with the male working age. This reflects the change in pensionable age for female workers, but the actual changes to pensionable age will be gradually introduced over the coming years. However,  this 'big bang' methodology has been applied by the Office for National Statistics in response to the consultation exercise.

For more detailed information on the latest claimant figures visit our Economic pages and download the lastest Labour Market Bulletin


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Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010


The index of multiple deprivation is a weighted average of other indices, namely Income deprivation, Employment deprivation, Health deprivation and disability, Education, skills and training deprivation; Barriers to Housing and Services, Crime and Living Environment.

Figures are now provided for Super Output Areas which were created after the 2001 Census and are areas with an average population of about 1500 within wards.


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New Forest IMD 2010

For a more detailed look at IMD data in Hampshire go to the Deprivation indicies page where you can view IMD maps and data.

Source:  DCLG 2010

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