Love’s Farm community survey, 2017-18

Cambridgeshire County Council

Research Group, 17th April 2018

Love’s Farm community survey - background

Pilot survey:

prior to a renewed programme of surveys beginning in 2018

to follow up on the previous surveys undertaken between 2006 and 2012

including 7 sites in Huntingdonshire 2007

Love’s Farm chosen as pilot:

settlement larger than original permission• school place capacity

10 years since first homes built and occupied

The survey

1,440 dwellings sent survey, late October 2017

Postal survey with option for paper returns or online entries

Reminder sent to targeted 425 dwellings in affordable / social housing sector January 2018

28% response rate (407)

of which 36% responded online, 64% paper 400 responses analysed

24% from affordable / social housing sector

Responses

% of total responses by dwelling size

No. of

bedrooms

Love’s Farm

total dwellings*

Total no. of

responses^

Response

rate %

1 60 12 20

2 441 88 20

3 422 105 25

4+ 460 193 42

Market 940 304 32

Affordable

/ Social

500 96 19

* Completions at 31/03/17, where dwelling size known

^ 2 households did not provide dwelling size data

Survey Questionnaire

Section 1: Your previous home

Section 2: Your current home

Section 3: Your household

Section 4: Your work, study and travel

Section 5: Your other activities and

opinions on living on Love’s Farm

Where people moved from

Rest of Cambrigdeshire

12.4%

Huntingdonshire37.6%

Bedford1.5%

Central Bedfordshire6.6%

Peterborough1.3%

Luton0.8%

Hertfordshire7.6%

Essex3.0%

Lincolnshire1.0%

Suffolk0.8%

Norfolk0.3%

Rest of UK14.2%

Greater London10.9%

Outside UK2.0%

Why do people move to Love’s Farm?

“Push” factors

To move to a larger or smaller home

Wanting to set up own home

To be nearer family / friends

To move nearer to work/ new job

“Pull” factors

Design/appearance of property/development

Better public transport than other places in the area

Like the idea of living in a new development

Price/ affordability compared to neighbouring areas

Tenure of homes

% of total Previous Tenure Current Tenure

Owner occupied 47% 69%

Private rented 33% 7%

Social rented 6% 14%

Intermediate tenures 2% 10%

Living with parents 10% 0%Other inc temporary

accommodation, living with friends, key worker 2% 1%

Moves between tenures

Other includes temporary accommodation, living with friends, key worker

Rounded to nearest 5, totals rounded to nearest 10

From:

Previous

tenure

To: Current tenure

Owner

occupied

Private

rented

Social

rented

Intermediate

tenures

Other Total

Owner

occupied

175 <5 5 10 <5 190

Private

rented

80 20 20 15 <5 130

Social

rented

<5 0 20 <5 20

Intermediate

tenures

5 <5 <5 <5 10

Living with

parents /

family

15 10 10 10 40

Other <5 0 5 <5

Total 280 30 60 39 400

Intended stay

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Owner occupied Private rented Social rented Intermediate tenures

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s

Tenure

Less than 6 months from now Between 6 months and 1 year from now

Between 1 and 3 years from now Between 3 and 5 years from now

Between 5 and 10 years from now More than 10 years from now

Not sure

Property type and tenure

Other includes town houses, mews houses

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10%

20%

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100%

Owneroccupied

Privaterented

Socialrented

Intermediatetenures

% o

f to

tal

Tenure

Other

Flat/apartment/maisonette

Terraced

Semi-detached

Detached

69% 14%7% 10% % of total responses

44%

25%

21%

10%

Detached Semi-detached

Terraced Flat/apartment/maisonette

Number of bedrooms by

tenure

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Owner occupied Private rented Social rented Intermediate tenures

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Tenure

1 bed

2 bed

3 bed

4+ beds

Age structure of Love’s Farm

community

A third of the population is under 17 years

There is a high proportion of working age population, especially 25-44 yrs

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10%

20%

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Love's Farm Hunts 2007 Surveys Census 2011

% o

f to

tal

75+

45-74

30-44

25-29

17-24

16 and Under

Population age structure

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

0-4 5-11 12-16 17-24 25-29 30-44 45-74 75+

% o

f to

tal

Age group

Love's Farm

Hunts 2007

Census 2011

Household composition by

tenure

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10%

20%

30%

40%

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100%

OwnerOccupiers

PrivatelyRented

Rented from aHousing

Association

SharedOwnership /

shared equity

% o

f to

tal

Tenure

3+ adults

2 adults, 1 65+ & 1 under 65

2 adults under 65

1 adult Under 65

2 adults Both 65+

1 adult 65+

3+ adults & 1+ child

2 adults & 1+ child

1 adult & 1+ child

Households and Residents

Average 2.81 people per household

1.89 adults, 0.94 children

Households composition:

55% families, 16% one-adult, 23% two-adults

79% White British, 10% White other

1st language of household: 92% English

Economic status

Employed full-time62%

Employed part-time12%

Full time education2%

Looking after home / family

7%

Permanently sick / disabled

2%

Retired6%

Seeking work1%

Self-Employed8%

Economic status by tenure

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Owned by you(outright or with a

mortgage)

Privately Rented Rented from aHousing

Association

Sharedownership/shared

equity

% o

f to

tal

Tenure

Retired

Permanently sick / disabled

Full time education

Looking after home / family

Seeking work

Self-Employed

Employed part-time

Employed full-time

Industries of employment

44%

22%

12%

10%

5%

4% 2% 1%

Public administration, education andhealth

Banking, finance and businessservices

Manufacturing

Distribution, hotels and restaurants

Transport and communications

Construction

Metal goods, engineering andvechicles industries

Energy and water supply

Where do people work?

Employment in St. Neots % of total

Full-time 65

Part-time 28

Self-employed 7

excluding home workers0

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40

60

80

100

120

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160

No. of Jobs No. of home workers

How do you travel to work?

Bus, 4.6%

Car alone, 51.9%

Car share, 6.8%

Cycle, 2.1%

Other, 3.2%

Train, 22.7%

Park and Ride, 0.3%

Walk, 8.4%

Mode of transport used for majority of journey

Other includes vans, motorbikes etc.

337 households responded

Vehicle Numbers

None One Two Three Four or moreOwned by you (outright or with a mortgage) 2% 41% 49% 7% 1%Rented from a housing association 17% 56% 27% 0% 0%Rented from a private landlord 12% 58% 19% 12% 0%Shared ownership/shared equity 0% 47% 53% 0% 0%

Non-food shopping

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386 households responded, many listed multiple locations

Views on living on Love’s Farm

Lower12%

No difference

43%

Increased45%

Physical activityWorse12%

No difference

65%

Improved23%

Health

Worse4%

No difference39%

Improved57%

Quality of life

Summary of Findings

Love’s Farm has enabled many to establish own homes / independence

Younger population than Huntingdonshire in general

Households with families are settled and intend to stay

Economically active community

Transport links are very important

Local employment is also very strong

Residents have strong local connections

Make good use of local services

Increasing diversity of residents in terms of ethnicity

Further details

The final report will be published alongside the housing research on Cambridgeshire Insight:https://cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/housing/priority-themes/new-homes-communities/

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