Tendring Community Assets Full Final Report

11 3 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 3.1 The NEEHWA are using the Live Well Essex model to holistically plan and deliver services to the population, with the following pillars of delivery: Start Well - giving children the best start in life Feel Well - supporting mental wellbeing Be Well - empowering adults to make healthy lifestyle choices Age Well - supporting people to live safely and independently as they grow older Stay Well - supporting adults with health and/or care concerns to access support to maintain healthy and fulfilling lives Die Well – giving people nearing the end of life choice around their care 3.2 Thriving communities can be identified as those where everyone has someone to talk to, neighbours look out for each other, people have pride and satisfaction with where they live and people feel able to influence decisions about their own lives and what happens in their area. This should be coupled with access to green, open space, feeling safe and having places and opportunities where people can get together. Engaging with the community and maximising the benefits of community enthusiasm and support are key to enabling the ambitions of the Living Well model. 3.3 The table below shows that Tendring has a relatively high population of residents over the age of 65 years, projected to increase by 17% up to 2022. This presents a challenge in the demand for health, social care and housing services as people age, the recruitment of volunteers (especially in small villages), and in the impact of caring, with the informal caring population getting older and less able to continue caring. The working age population, important for economic wellbeing, is low and is forecast to decrease slightly by 2024 from 54.7% to 51.5%. 3.4 The population of children and young people under the age of 18 is relatively low but is projected to increase significantly by 2024, with the 5-10 year age group predicted to rise by 14.05% from 8400 to 9580 and the 11- 15 age group by 15.7% from 7190 to 8320. This will put pressure on children and young people’s services, especially with high numbers of children in need, children in care (though about 50% do not originate from Tendring) and children with a child protection plan in the District. 4 3.5 Life expectancy in Tendring is relatively low, for males and females, and infant mortality rates are high. There are major health inequalities across the District, with those in Alresford living, on average, thirteen years longer than those in Pier Ward, Clacton. 5 Younger people are shown to have a range of issues affecting their lives, the highest level of childhood obesity in Essex, the lowest educational attainment rate in Essex and a high level of teenage pregnancy. 6 (See Appendix 1 for further details) 4 A profile of people living in Tendring, Essex County Council JSNA, April 2016 5 Community Safety Partnership, Tendring District Strategic Assessment, 2018-19 6 Summary of headline health indicators from Fingertips, Public Health England 2018