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Wellingborough
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Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network |
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Location: East Midlands Population: 77,184 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: Wellingborough was originally named "Wendelingburgh", the town was founded in the early 6th century Saxon period by a Saxon leader called Waende and is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name of "Wendelburie". The town was granted a royal market charter in 1201, by King John of England.
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| Wellingborough |
Wellingborough is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Wellingborough Information |
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| Phone number 01933 229777 |
Website www.wellingborough.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Northamptonshire |
| Frequency of elections Elections are of whole council |
Number of councillors 36 |
Political composition Conservative - 27 Labour - 9 |
| MPs Peter Bone - Wellingborough (Conservative) |
Decision making structure Councils with less than 85,000 population |
Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 1.0% Ten Year Population Change + 4.3% |
| Police Authority Northamptonshire Police Authority |
Fire Service Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service |
Health Authority East Midlands Strategic Health Authority |
| Area 16,291 Hectares |
Rural Output Areas 86 rural OAs from 252 OAs in total |
Audited by KPMG LLP (England) |
| Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with Significant Rural (rural including hub towns 26-49%) |
Population by Area- (Density) 4.74 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 18 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 0 |
Number of Parish Councils 18 |
Number of Town Councils 0 |
| Average house price £165,000 (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 39.6 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Wellingborough |
Unemployment rate 1.1% (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 - £131.22 2015/2016 Council Tax - £131.22 2016/2017 Council Tax - £136.09 2017/2018 Council Tax - £141.06 |
| Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 5.4% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 44.8% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 10.5% (2011 Census data) |
| Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 45.8% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16) |
Average annual wage for full time employees
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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 - 21.1% 1 car or van - 42.3% 2 cars or vans - 28.3% 3 cars or vans - 6.1% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.2% |
Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied |
National Park/AONBs None |
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool
(Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) |
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(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
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