If you are thinking of moving to Cooksey Green or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Cooksey Green to figures for Worcestershire and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Cooksey Green is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Cooksey Green. The percentage of residents in Cooksey Green rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average.
The population of Cooksey Green as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of Cooksey Green is also older than the Worcestershire average, making Cooksey Green a older persons location.
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Cooksey Green come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in Cooksey Green is both lower than the average for Worcestershire and lower than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe easier than most places. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in Cooksey Green than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.
Cooksey Green has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that Cooksey Green is a relatively affluent area.
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Cooksey Green and are from the UK Census of 2011. Cooksey Green has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. Cooksey Green also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of Cooksey Green are better educated than the average England citizen.
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Cooksey Green are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Cooksey Green has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
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