Chickerell

Chickerell is an urban area expanded from a smaller village and located just to the west of Weymouth. The town has seen rapid development over the past twenty years and now has a town council.

Communications

Chickerell is located on the B3157, just outside Weymouth. The nearest rail station is just over two miles away at Weymouth.

Education

Weymouth and Portland Pyramid Area:

3 infant schools
2 Junior Schools
14 primary schools ( inc.Chickerell Primary)
4 Secondary schools
2 special schools
The secondary school for the area - Budmouth Technology College (1,586 pupils- 2011) For further details on Budmouth Technology College (opens in a new window)

Commercial land

Between 1994-10, 8.7 hectares of land has been developed in Chickerell. The total area of land with permission and allocated in local plans is 9.3 hectares.

Crime

Domestic burglaries

Rate per 1,000 households

Area	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/2009	2009/10
Chickerell	1.7	3.5	2.2	4.8	0.4	n/a	4.3	2.6
DCC Dorset	6.6	6.6	6.5	5.7	4.4	n/a	4.1	3.8
South West	14.8	12.3	10.7	8.9	8.4	n/a	8.2	7.6
England and Wales	20.0	18.6 (GB)	14.4	13.5	13.1	n/a	12.2	11.6

Note: Due to low numbers of burglary rates for small geographical areas, for example towns, it may fluctuate significantly from one year to another.

Source: Dorset County Council

Other sources of crime data

Access the Police crime mapping Chickerell (opens in a new window) where you can find crime data on a month by month basis (starting December 2010) mapped to neighbourhood and street level. This looks at the crime types of burglary, anti-social behaviour, robbery, vehicle crime, violent crime and other crime. Note this comprehensive and up-to-date database only looks at numbers of crimes and not crime rates for individual crimes. It does give an overall crime rate (per 1,000 people) for the neighbourhood.

Population

Latest population figure (2010 mid year estimate) for the town (Chickerell Parish) is 5,300

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Census population (enumerated)	1,130	1,320	2,450	2,300	3,300	3,680	4,160	5,280

Housing growth

Year	98	99	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Housing development	56	66	55	7	10	23	24	2	24	14	11	2	6

The 2001 Census records 2,308 dwellings in Chickerell
Since 2001, a further 116 units have been built giving a total of 2,424.
At March 2010, a further 28 units have permission and 250 have been allocated in the local plan.

Index of deprivation, 2007

(Figures show LSOA ranking out of 247 LSOAs in Dorset with 1 being the most deprived)

LSOA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & skills	Housing and services	Crime	Living
Charlestown	92	66	103	47	111	65	152	153
Chickerell	130	108	78	115	117	104	201	159
Chickerell Environs	197	225	197	62	139	89	113	186
Chickerell Handborough & Littlesea	80	122	52	125	67	79	197	126

LSOA = Lower Super Output Area (minimum 400 households or 1,000 population)

Index of deprivation, 2010

LOSA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & Skills	Housing & services	Crime	Living
Charlestown	96	88	68	64	92	83	110	153
Chickerell	93	59	57	73	87	184	75	161
Chickerell Environs	178	207	166	65	131	170	27	192
Chickerell Handborough & Littlesea	111	112	70	89	62	125	125	130

Click here for detailed information and mapping of the The Index of Deprivation, 2010

Source: DCLG

Average house prices

Dwelling type	Average Price July - Sept 2009	Average Price July - Sept 2010	July - Sept 2010 (sales)
Detached	£317,681	£280,142	7
Semi-detached	n/a	£200,000	3
Terraced	£167,500	£164,857	7
Flats/maisonettes	n/a	n/a	0

Land Registry average prices.(Prices may be affected by low number of sales). House prices for the postcode sector DT3 4.

Area:

Approx. 'built-up' area = 76 hectares (188 acres)

Local Authority revenue

Council tax band D for Year	Council tax payable
11/12	£1,573.23
10/11	£1,573.34
09/10	£1,525.54
08/09	£1,472.00
07/08	£1,407.95
06/07	£1,343.93
05/06	£1,282.45
04/05	£1,232.78
03/04	£1,163.20
02/03	£1,005.47
01/02	£918.76
00/01	£868.28
99/00	£817.18

Source: Dorset County Council

Second/holiday homes, 2011

Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	2,456
Total number of second homes	15
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	0.65
Total number of long term empty properties	15
Empty homes as a % of total dwellings	0.65

Source: Council Tax Register, Parish figures,rounded

Population 2010: Mid Year Estimates

Gender breakdown	Dorset	Chickerell
Resident Population	404,790	5,300
Males	196,420	2,590
Females	208,370	2,710

Age Structure: (%) 2010 Mid Year Estimates

Age Range	Dorset	Chickerell
0-15	17.0	18.4
16+17	2.7	2.3
18-44	25.4	25.4
45-59	20.9	21.3
60-84	30.0	30.0
85+	3.9	2.6

Ethnicity: (%) 2001 Census data

Ethnicity	Dorset	Chickerell
White British	96.8	97.4
BME	3.2	2.6

Health: 2001 Census data

Health category	Dorset	Chickerell
% with Long-term Illness / Disability	19.2	22.8
Health: % Good	68.1	63.6
Health: % Not Good	8.4	10.4
% Providing Unpaid Care	10.8	10.7

Poverty indicators: Housing/Council Tax Benefit, 2009

Benefit population	Dorset	Chickerell
as a % of the total population	13.6	14.6

ACORN socio-economic classification, 2010

Classifications	Dorset	Chickerell
% Wealthy Achievers	40.1	33.3
% Urban Prosperity	7.1	0.2
% Comfortably Off	33.2	42.2
% Moderate Means	9.2	14.6
% Hard Pressed	10.2	9.8
% unclassified	0.2	0.0

Source:ACORN 2010

ACORN is a geodemographic segmentation of the UK's population which segments small neighbourhoods, postcodes, or consumer households into five categories, 17 groups and 56 types.
The five higher level categories, wealthy achievers, urban prosperity, comfortably off, moderate means and hard pressed are shown above.

A full ACORN profile of the town is available, including maps of the five wards in the town. You can access the Chickerell ACORN Profile (pdf, 608kb) (opens in a new window) for information.

Retail profile - total Town floorspace

Being on the edge of Weymouth, Chickerell only has a few local shops and other facilities.

Library - Number of issues of books etc

Library	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Chickerell	13,402	11,563	13,828	13,348

Industrial estates

Granby Industrial Estate (33.0h), Lynch Lane Industrial Estate (7.1h)

Unemployment % (persons)

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 1997	3.1 (42)	1.2 (13)	2.2 (55)
July 1998	2.0 (28)	1.3 (14)	1.7 (42)
July 1999	2.1 (29)	1.2 (14)	1.7 (43)
July 2000	1.7 (24)	0.5 (6)	1.2 (30)
July 2001	1.3 (18)	0.4 (5)	0.9(23)
July 2002	1.3 (21)	0.6 (8)	1.0 (29)
July 2003	1.3 (12)	0.9 (5)	1.1 (17)
July 2004	0.6 (9)	0.2 (3)	0.4 (12)
July 2005	1.1 (17)	0.2 (3)	0.6 (20)
July 2006	1.5 (24)	0.9 (14)	1.2 (38)
July 2007	1.2 (20)	0.5 (8)	0.9 (28)
July 2008	0.9 (14)	#(#)	0.5 (16)
July 2009	2.7 (42)	0.9 (14)	1.8 (56)
July 2010	2.0 (31)	1.0 (16)	1.5 (47)

Of July 2009 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 5.5%
Of July 2010 unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 25.5%

# = confidential

2009 employment

Total number of people working in the town: 5,300
Number of firms (excluding the self employed): 300

Work pattern/gender category	percentage
Full-time	68%
Part-time	32%

Type of employment	%
Manufacturing and other non service	32
Construction	3
Accommodation & Food Service activities	7
Other Services	2
Distribution including motor	11
Finance and business services	15
Public administration, Ed and Health	30

Source: Annual Source: Business Register and Employment Survey, 2009, ONS

Major employers

Blundell Harding Ltd, DEK Printing Machines Ltd, Tecan Components Ltd, Ultra Electronics, Weymouth Land Registry.

Traffic counts in the local area - annual average daily traffic

ROAD	LOCATION	AADF (Annual Average Daily Traffic)							Percentage Growth Since
		1983	1990	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2009	2008	2005	2000	1990	1983
									1 Year	2 year	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	27 Years
B3157	Chickerell	2,900	5,100	5,000	5,700	5,900	6,400	6,000	-6%	2%	5%	20%	18%	107%
B3157	Granby Way	Not Built	n/a	9,200	9,200	12,300	12,600	10,300	-18%	-16%	12%	12%	n/a	n/a
C901	Chickerell Road, East of Five Ways	n/a	n/a	n/a	12,200	10,600	10,000	10,500	5%	-1%	-14%	n/a	n/a	n/a
B3157	Chickerell Link Road	n/a	Not Built	Not Built	Not Built	6,200	6,600	7,400	12%	19%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
B3157	Chickerell Road, West of Budmouth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8,500	8,400	9,000	7%	6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
B3157	Lanehouse rocks road	8,700	11,800	13,300	13,820	14,500	14,100	15,200	8%	5%	10%	14%	29%	75%