Lytchett Minster/Upton

Lytchett Minster and Upton are located to the north west of the town of Poole. Lytchett Minster is a small rural village, whereas Upton is a much larger suburban area, built up significantly during the 1970s and 1980's. Upton has its own facilities including a variety of shops and a library.

Communications

Lytchett Minster/Upton are well positioned near the A35, to the north west of the town of Poole. The A350 provides a road link to the north. The nearest railway station is Hamworthy, two kilometres to the south.

Education

Lychett Minster pyramid area:
One primary school, one infant school, one junior school, one secondary school

The secondary school for the area:
Lychett Minster Secondary School (1,295 pupils- 2011) For more information on Lytchett Minster School (opens in a new window)

Commercial land

Between 1994-10, 0.15 hectares of industrial land has been developed in Lychett Minster/Upton. The total area of land with permission and allocated in the local plan is 0.0 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
Lytchett Minster/Upton	n/a	n/a	4.0	7.1	3.4	n/a	5.0	2.2
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 Lytchett Minster/Upton (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 (Lychett Minster Parish) is 8,160

Year	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Census population (enumerated)	1,140	1,320	2,380	3,200	5,010	6,480	7,170	7,570

Housing growth

Year	98	99	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Housing development	9	8	9	30	7	6	5	13	48	38	42	3	8

The 2001 Census records 3,230 dwellings in Lychett Minster. Since 2001, a further 170 units have been built giving a total of 3,400. At March 2010, a further 16 units have permission and 0 have been allocated in the local plan.

Note Figures allow for losses from redevelopment etc. Method revised 2009

Index of deprivation, 2007

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

SOA	Multiple	Income	Employment	Health	Education & Skills	Housing &Services	Crime	Living
Upton Wood	68	37	123	153	16	197	20	122
Upton & Beacon Heath	49	17	96	51	36	174	14	121
Upton East	198	173	188	174	87	172	59	193
Lytchett Minster & Lytchett Bay	182	220	185	141	125	83	85	150
Upton West	166	98	151	93	44	220	140	167

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

Index of deprivation, 2010

SOA	Multiple	Income	Employ ment	health	Education & Skills	Housing & services	Crime	Living
Upton Wood	53	35	94	62	14	173	56	82
Upton & Beacon Heath	42	24	56	55	39	162	34	83
Upton East	162	126	188	133	68	129	88	170
Lytchett Minster & Lytchett Bay	159	217	189	175	125	55	53	124
Upton West	155	122	169	188	52	163	138	118

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	£271,299	£307,331	24
Semi-detached	£193,115	£215,989	9
Terraced	£142,714	£169,625	12
Flats/maisonettes	£123,333	n/a	0

Land Registry average prices (Prices may be affected by low number of sales). Data is for the postcode sectors BH16 5 and BH16 6.

Area:

Approx. 'built-up' area = 1,435 hectares (3,545 acres)

Local authority revenue

Council tax band D for Year	Council Tax payable
11/12	£1,615.95
10/11	£1,615.22
09/10	£1,566.53
08/09	£1,505.98
07/08	£1,440.41
06/07	£1,373.01
05/06	n/a
04/05	n/a
03/04	n/a
02/03	n/a
01/02	n/a
00/01	n/a
99/00	n/a

Second/holiday and vacant homes, 2011

Total dwellings on Council Tax Register	3,475
Total number of second homes	15
Second homes as a % of total dwellings	0.40
Total number of long term empty properties	10
Empty homes as a % of total dwellings	0.29

Source: Council Tax Register (parish figure, rounded)

Population 2010: Mid-Year Estimates ONS

Gender breakdown	DCC Dorset	Lychett Minster & Upton
Resident Population	404,790	8,160
Males	196,420	3,910
Females	208,370	4,250

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

Age range	DCC Dorset	Lychett Minster & Upton
0-15	17.0	19.1
16+17	2.7	2.7
18-44	25.4	29.9
45-59	20.9	20.4
60-84	30.0	25.6
85+	3.9	2.3

Ethnicity (%): 2001 Census data

Ethnicity	DCC Dorset	Lychett Minster & Upton
White British	96.8	98.0
BME	3.2	2.0

Health: 2001 Census data

Health category	DCC Dorset	Lychett Minster & Upton
% with long term illness/disability	19.2	17.2
Health: % Good	68.1	69.2
Health: % Not Good	8.4	7.8
% Providing Unpaid Care	10.8	11.1

Poverty Indicators: Housing/Council Tax Benefit, 2009

Benefit population	DCC Dorset	Lychett Minster & Upton
as a % of total population	13.6	15.3

Socio-economic classifications: 2010 ACORN

Classification	DCC Dorset	Lychett Minster & Upton
% Wealthy Achievers	40.1	34.5
% Urban Prosperity	7.1	2.1
% Comfortably Off	33.2	34.7
% Moderate Means	9.2	20.4
% Hard Pressed	10.2	8.3
% 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 ACORN profile of the town has been produced. You can access the Lytchett Minster & Upton (pdf, 918kb) (opens in a new window) document for this information.

Town centre

All local shops

Catchment population

The shopping catchment for Lychett Minster/Upton is dominated by the adjacent retailing facilities in Poole & Hamworthy. The local shops in Upton will probably only serve the local population of around 7,500.

Library - Number of issues of books etc

Library	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Upton	46,440	40,358	40,252	38,914

Industrial estates

Factory Road Industrial Estate (9.9 hectares, part of which is in Poole Borough).

Unemployment % (persons)

Year	Male	Female	Total
July 1997	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 1998	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 1999	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 2001	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 2002	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 2003	n/a	n/a	n/a
July 2004	0.9 (21)	0.2 (6)	0.6 (27)
July 2005	0.5 (11)	0.2 (5)	0.3 (16)
July 2006	1.3 (31)	0.5 (12)	0.9 (43)
July 2007	1.2 (28)	0.5 (14)	0.8 (42)
July 2008	0.9 (22)	0.7 (18)	0.8 (40)
July 2009	3.7 (92)	1.2 (31)	2.4 (123)
July 2010	2.9 ( 73)	1.2 (31)	2.0 (104)

Of July 2009 Unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 3.3%
Of July 2010 Unemployment figures, the long-term unemployed = 12.5%

2009 employment

Total number of people working in the town: 1,400
Number of Firms(excluding the self-employed):150

Work pattern	percentage
Full-time	56%
Part-time	44%

Type of employment	%
Manufacturing and other non service	5
Construction	10
Accommodation & Food Service activities	10
Other Services	8
Distribution including motor	11
Finance and business services	10
Public administration, Ed and Health	46

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

Major employers

Rediset Business Forums Ltd, Yarrells Preparatory School.

Traffic Counts - 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
A35	Upton By Pass - West	n/a	n/a	n/a	32,300	33,900	34,900	34,000	-3%	0%	5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
B3067	Dorchester Road, Lytchett Minster	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,900	4,500	4,500	0%	-8%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
A351	South of Bakers Arms	13,000	17,600	19,700	20,500	20,300	20,900	19,800	-5%	-2%	-3%	1%	13%	52%