10.07.2014

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.

Wellingborough

Wellingborough 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.

Wellingborough Information
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 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £22,406 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £21,993 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - No source data 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,269 2014 Resident Based Median - £23,382 2015 Resident Based Median - £25,136 2014 Resident Based Mean - £28,823 2015 Resident Based Mean - £34,098	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) 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 Wellingborough here

(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
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