SOUTH LIVERPOOL : THE DINGLE AREA : 1991

The area suffers from very high levels of social deprivation and poverty. There are approximately 15,000 people who live in the area, there has been a fall in population of some 14% since 1981.  The vast majority of people are white (96%), which is about the same proportion of the city as a whole.  There are 5,700 households of which 2,700 (47%) council rented, 1,500 (26%) owner occupied, 1,000 (17%) housing associations and 500 (10%) privately rented properties.  80% of households have no car, well above the city average of 57%, and 12% are single parent households. There is a higher incidence of heart disease and cancer. Over half the numeration districts in the last census reported unemployment of over 40 % while a quarter had rates of in excess of 50 % resulting in an average rate of 34% against the city's of 22%.

In a recent skills survey carried out by Merseyside Information Services (MIS), it was estimated that people aged between 16 and 26, of those available for work, unemployment rose to 67%. The area is characterised by low skills, low attainments, and poor education, which make it difficult for people to find jobs. Long-term unemployment not only affects individuals, but also families over two and three generations.  This in turn leads not only poverty, but apathy, lack of skills, questions of confidence, and a culture of decline; which, for most, offers no avenues of escape. Those who make progress tend to move out of the locality.

NORTH LIVERPOOL 

POPULATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN NORTH LIVERPOOL :1995 

North Liverpool is one the 11 highest unemployment areas in Liverpool targeted for Merseyside Objective 1 resources under the 'pathways to Integration‘ Measure. That area received 22M between 1995 and 2002.

Source - CENSUS of Population 1991

POVERTY, CRIME AND HEALTH IN NORTH LIVERPOOL :1995

A: % of households receiving council tax benefits

B:% of households receiving housing benefits 

C:% of children receiving free shool meals 

D: Reported burglaries per 100 residential properties (95-96)

E: Reported violent crimes per 1,000 night time population (95-96)

F: Reported incidents of arson or damage per 100 properties (95-96)

G: Reported incidents of juvenile disorder  per 1,000 daytime population 

H: Age standardised emergency admission rate per 100

I: Standardised mortality ratios for all causes of death for persons aged 0-74 

J: % 5 year olds with no dental decay