Ferndown

Ferndown is the largest settlement in East Dorset.It's town centre houses a modern shopping complex, large playing fields and sports facilities, and internationally famous Ferndown Golf Club.

Communications

Ferndown is well positioned near to the A31 Trunk road, together with good access to Bournemouth and Poole. The town is in close proximity to Bournemouth Airport.

Education

Ferndown pyramid area:
10 primary schools, 3 middle schools,
1 upper school.
The secondary school for the area
Ferndown Upper School
(983 pupils- 2011)

For more information on Ferndown Upper School (opens in a new window)

Commercial land

Between 1994-10, 14.4 hectares of land has been developed in Ferndown. The total area of land with permission or allocated in the local plan is 10.3 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
Ferndown (inc West Parley)	5.5	3.4	8.1	2.1	5.3	n/a	1.9	1.5
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 small numbers of burglary rates for small geographical areas, for example towns, it can vary significantly from year to year.
Source: Dorset County Council

Other sources of crime data

Access the Police crime mapping Ferndown (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 (Ferndown Parish) is 17,800

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Census population (enumerated)	1,860	2,500	4,200	6,530	11,750	15,470	15,930	16,080

Housing growth

Year	98	99	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Housing development	19	25	28	126	215	94	74	39	61	38	26	21	34

Note: Figures allow for losses from re-development etc. Method revised 2009

The 2001 Census records 7,609 dwellings in Ferndown.
Since 2001, a further 602 units have been built giving a total of 8,211. At March 2010 a further 164 units have permission and 60 are allocated in the local plan.

Index of deprivation, 2007

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

SOA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education &Skills	Housing & Services	Crime	Living
Ferndown Coppice & Clayford	178	128	152	182	101	98	229	211
Ferndown Glenmoor	231	218	187	216	219	209	233	188
Ferndown Golf Links North	230	208	178	219	215	231	148	213
Ferndown Leeson	190	211	142	178	68	106	231	228
Ferndown Pennington's	161	64	85	96	126	232	206	207
Ferndown Pinewood	233	243	195	236	206	150	240	230
Ferndown St Marys	111	76	34	90	100	234	27	173
Ferndown The Warren	187	142	107	167	177	134	215	210
Ferndown Tricketts Cross	38	16	25	80	34	139	45	181
Ferndown Tricketts Cross East	15	6	31	64	8	66	31	115
Longham	211	167	189	229	168	169	122	164
Parley	246	239	236	245	214	213	236	244
Parley Cross	216	202	148	175	144	208	146	209

SOA - Super Output Area (minimum 400 households or 1,000 population)

Index of deprivation, 2010

SOA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & Skills	Housing & Services	Crime	Living
Ferndown Coppice & Clayford	173	117	181	156	79	95	177	207
Ferndown Glenmoor	240	230	227	196	224	185	236	212
Ferndown Golf Links North	243	218	201	233	235	236	189	214
Ferndown Leeson	192	166	177	228	65	102	172	216
Ferndown Pennington's	113	52	43	93	89	233	182	204
Ferndown Pinewood	231	238	154	204	204	161	244	227
Ferndown St Marys	149	87	51	121	135	244	136	168
Ferndown The Warren	185	124	128	169	189	126	233	175
Ferndown Tricketts Cross	27	18	28	47	10	123	102	166
Ferndown Tricketts Cross East	21	10	33	145	3	58	128	121
Longham	202	186	167	213	160	144	66	187
Parley	244	237	225	245	200	192	218	237
Parley Cross	217	221	195	191	133	176	135	172

Please see The Index of Deprivation, 2010 for detailed information and mapping.

Source:DCLG

Average house prices

Dwelling type	Average Price July - Sept 2009	Average Price July - Sept 2010	July - Sept 2010 (sales)
Detached	£324,068	£365,540	74
Semi-detached	£219,342	£238,142	7
Terraced	£169,562	£207,449	10
Flats/maisonettes	£175,261	£207,254	32

Land Registry average prices (Prices may be affected by low number of sales). Figures relate to postcode sectors BH22 8, BH22 9

Area

Approx 'built-up' area = 700 hectares (1,730 acres)

Local authority revenue

Council tax band D for Year	council tax payable
11/12	£1,641.13
10/11	£1,640.99
09/10	£1,589.71
08/09	£1,528.60
07/08	£1,462.83
06/07	£1,395.31
05/06	£1,326.08
04/05	£1,274.90
03/04	£1,197.25
02/03	£1,050.16
01/02	£949.03
00/01	£894.80
99/00	£851.20

Second/Holiday and Empty Homes, 2011

Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	8,350
Total number of second homes	65
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	0.77
Total number of long term empty properties	55
Empty homes as a % of total dwellings	0.63

Source: Council Tax Register (parish figure, rounded)

Population 2010: Mid Year Estimates, ONS

Gender breakdown	DCC Dorset	Ferndown
Totals	404,790	17,800
Males	196,420	8,430
Females	208,370	9,370

Age structure (%): 2010 Mid Year Estimates, ONS

Age Range	DCC Dorset	Ferndown
0-15	17.0	13.8
16+17	2.7	2.2
18-44	25.4	22.1
45-59	20.9	19.7
60-84	30.0	36.4
85+	3.9	5.8

Ethnicity (%) -2001 Census

Ethnicity	DCC Dorset	Ferndown
White British	96.8	97.3
BME	3.2	2.7

Health - 2001 Census

Health category	DCC Dorset	Ferndown
% with Long-term Illness / Disability	19.2	21.2
Health: % Good	68.1	66.0
Health: % Not Good	8.4	9.0
% Providing Unpaid Care	10.8	11.4

Poverty Indicators: Housing/Council Tax Benefit: 2009

Benefit population	DCC Dorset	Ferndown
as a % of total town population	13.6	11.5

Socio-economic classifications: 2010 ACORN

Classification	DCC Dorset	Ferndown
% Wealthy Achievers	40.1	56.0
% Urban Prosperity	7.1	0.3
% Comfortably Off	33.2	30.8
% Moderate Means	9.2	4.9
% Hard Pressed	10.2	8.1
% unclassified	0.2	0.0

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 profile of the town is available including maps of the five wards. You can access the Ferndown ACORN profile (pdf, 1Mb) (opens in a new window) for this information.

Retail profile - total town floorspace

91shops/103,000sq.ft. (2005)
(excludes 'out of town shops')

Town centre:

Mainly local shops but includes nationals such as Boots, Iceland and Tesco.

Catchment population:

The shopping catchment for Ferndown (major food shopping) extends under 2 miles in a N,S,E,& W direction. The population within the catchment is around 28,100 (mid 2001).

Library - Number of issues of books

Library	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Ferndown	230,889	219,886	209,631	190,233
West Moors Mobile	n/a	25,921	24,172	21,445

Industrial estates

Ferndown Industrial estate (45.0h), Uddens Trading Estate (4.3h), East Dorset Trade Park (13.5ha)

Unemployment % (persons) - Ferndown and West Parley

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 1998	2.2 (65)	1.5 (34)	1.9 (99)
July 1999	2.2 (65)	1.4 (31)	1.8 (96)
July 2000	2.1 (64)	0.8 (18)	1.6 (82)
July 2001	1.5 (46)	0.4 (10)	1.1 (56)
July 2002	1.5 (48)	0.5 (13)	1.1 (61)
July 2003	1.3 (43)	0.5 (12)	0.9 (55)
July 2004	0.9 (49)	0.3 (17)	0.6 (66)
July 2005	1.0 (53)	0.5 (28)	0.8 (81)
July 2006	1.1 (56)	0.4 (25)	0.7 (81)
July 2007	0.9 (48)	0.3 (18)	0.6 (66)
July 2008	1.0 (55)	0.5 (30)	0.8 (85)
July 2009	3.2 (171)	1.0 (59)	2.1 (230)
July 2010	2.2 (116)	0.9 (49)	1.5 (165)

(Of July 2009 unemployment figures, the long term unemployed = 6.1%)
(Of July 2010 unemployment figures, the long term unemployed = 15.3%)

2009 employment

Total number of people working in the town: 11,300 Number of firms (excluding the self-employed):980

Work pattern/gender category	percentage
Full-time	69%
Part-time	31%

Type of employment	%
Manufacturing and other non service	20
Construction	7
Accommodation & Food Service activities	5
Other Services	4
Distribution including motor	28
Finance and business services	21
Public administration, Ed and Health	15

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

Major employers

Dorset County Council, Dorset Health Authority, Synergy Housing Association, Haskins Garden Centre, Marden Edwards, Keith Spicer Ltd, Sainsburys, Tesco.

Traffic Counts in the wider Ferndown area - annual average daily traffic

Road	Location	AADF (Annual Average Daily Traffic)							Percentage Growth Since
No.		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
A31(T)	Ferndown By Pass (West)	Not Built	18,600	30,000	29,200	28,100	28,200	27,600	-2%	-2%	-5%	-8%	48%	n/a
C50	Stapehill	17,800	11,400	11,200	11,100	10,600	10,800	10,500	-3%	-1%	-5%	-6%	-8%	-41%
B3072	South of Three Legged Cross	5,500	7,900	8,300	10,200	9,300	9,400	9,400	0%	1%	-8%	13%	19%	71%
A31(T)	St.Leonards	21,100	33,700	44,200	46,700	45,800	46,100	45,200	-2%	-1%	-3%	2%	34%	114%
B3073	East Parley	10,500	14,900	18,700	20,500	20,300	19,600	19,700	1%	-3%	-4%	5%	32%	88%
A347	New Road, West Parley	14,600	19,100	20,300	22,000	22,000	22,400	21,800	-3%	-1%	-1%	7%	14%	49%
A348	Longham	20,800	22,600	21,200	23,600	23,800	22,200	21,900	-1%	-8%	-7%	3%	-3%	5%
B3073	Ham Lane, Canford Bottom	8,000	10,600	11,500	12,500	13,300	11,800	12,100	3%	-9%	-3%	5%	14%	51%