Equality Diversity Inclusion 30 Dec 20 FF - Flipbook - Page 5
Equality, Diversity
& Inclusion
Understanding our community
The information below sets out broadly what we know about the prole of different groups of people in
Swindon, and helps us to understand better the equality, diversity and inclusion issues which may impact
on the people who may use our services. We know that many people, outside of Swindon, in North
Wiltshire also access our care. There are many similarities in these communities with those in Swindon but
we will be working closely with Wiltshire Council and local community groups in the coming years to better
understand this part of the county and any specic needs they may have.
A snapshot of Swindon in 2019
25%
under 16
59%
16 - 64
14,000 children live in
poverty, 42% are located in
the most deprived wards
72 teenage pregnancies
1 in 20 15 year olds smoke
3.5 children (per 1,000) die
under the age of 1
Choking, suffocation,
poisoning, burns and
drowning most common
cause of death in under 5s
16%
over 65
1/6 smoke
2/3 of adults are overweight
/ obese
421 hospital alcohol
admissions
17 substance misuse deaths
Age
Disability
Gender
Women live 12 years
less in the most
deprived parts of the
town
Men live 14 years less
in the most deprived
parts of the town
220,000
people live in
Swindon
Sexual
Orientation
Ethnicity
1.7% identify as LGB
0.5 – 1% identify as
Transgender
Wider Determinants
of Health
1 in 20 deaths as a
result of poor air
quality
1/7 provide unpaid care
7 in 10 have a long term
condition
1/3 over 65 and 1/2 over 80
fall at least once
1/2 over 65 and almost 9 in
10 over 75 are socially
isolate
1/6 have dementia
Educational
attainment is below
the national average
860 have a moderate
to severe learning
disability
3,500 have severe
hearing loss
10,750 live with a
moderate physical
disability, a further
3,200 live with a
severe one
27,600 live with a
mental health
condition
15.4% (32,128) are
from a BME
background
BME varies
signicantly between
wards, half of people
in central wards to
just 1 in 20 in others
1 in 8 people born
outside of the UK and
2,296 report that they
cannot speak English
well or at all
Deprivation is most severe in the education, skills and training measure
where Swindon is the 47th most deprived out of 152 local authorities – the
driver appears to be children and young people’s indicators
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