20.08.2014

Blaby

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Blaby

Location: East Midlands

Population: 97,700 (2016)

Interesting fact: During World War II Braunstone Park was used as a military camp for both English and American personnel. After the war, up until 1950, the nissen huts were used to house families before permanent homes could be found for them.

Blaby

Blaby is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls
under the branch of our service called the Rural Assembly.
A list of all the Rural Assembly members can be found here.

Blaby Information
Phone number 0116 275 0555	Website www.blaby.gov.uk	Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Leicester and Leicestershire
Frequency of elections Elections are of whole council	Number of councillors 39	Political composition Conservative Party - 29 Labour - 6 Liberal Democrats - 4
MPs Charnwood - Edward Argar (Conservative) South Leicestershire - Alberto Costa (Conservative)	Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet	Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 0.7% Ten Year Population Change + 5.3%
Police Authority Leicestershire Police Authority	Fire Service Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service	Health Authority East Midlands Strategic Health Authority
Area 13,054 Hectares	Rural Output Areas 61 rural OAs from 300 OAs in total	Audited by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (England & Wales)
Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with City and Town	Population by Area- (Density) 7.40 people per hectare	Number of Parishes 24
Number of Parish Meetings 5	Number of Parish Councils 18	Number of Town Councils 1
Average house price £176,000 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016)	Outsourced Services Information yet to be supplied	Average age of population 40.9 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns / Cities Braunstone, Leicestershire	Unemployment rate 0.4% (JSA claimants for August 2017)	Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2014/2015 Council Tax - £140.52 2015/2016 Council Tax - £143.32 2016/2017 Council Tax - £148.32 2017/2018 Council Tax - £153.32
Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 1.9% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 47.5% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 11.2% (2011 Census data)
Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 41.5% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16)	Average annual wage for full time employees 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £25,286 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £25,878 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £32,247 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £33,575 2014 Resident Based Median - £27,656 2015 Resident Based Median - £27,457 2014 Resident Based Mean - £33,394 2015 Resident Based Mean - £33,011	Percentage of those employed in full time employment 42.6% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 13.0% 1 car or van - 42.3% 2 cars or vans - 34.4% 3 cars or vans - 7.7% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.6%	Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied	National Park/AONBs None
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool (Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) The Research & Intelligence Unit of Oxfordshire County Council have produced an interactive tool that present the 2015 English Indices of Deprivation on a map of England to make it easier to explore the data for your areas of interest, and have kindly made this tool available to members of the Rural Services Network. The analysis works through your web browser, and can be accessed for Blaby here

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