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Location: East of England Population: 111,000 (ONS, census 2011) Interesting fact: Sigebert, king of the East Angles, founded a monastery in Bury St Edmunds about 633, which in 903 became the burial place of King Edmund, who was slain by the Danes in 869, and owed most of its early celebrity to the reputed miracles performed at the shrine of the martyr king
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St Edmundsbury is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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St Edmundsbury Information |
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| Phone number 01284 763233 |
Website www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) - Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough - New Anglia |
| Frequency of elections Every 4 years |
Number of councillors 45 |
Political composition Conservative - 38 Independent - 4 Labour - 3 |
| MPs Bury St Edmundsbury - David Ruffley (Conservative)** South Suffolk - Tim Yeo (Conservative)** West Suffolk - Matt Hancock (Conservative) |
Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet |
Population change One Year Population Change + 1,000 (0.97%) Ten Year Population Change + 6,800 (6.96%) |
| Police Authority Suffolk Police Authority |
Fire Service Suffolk County Fire and Rescue Service |
Health Authority East of England Strategic Health Authority |
| Area 65,697 Hectares |
Super Sparsity Indicator 0.1290 |
Audited by Central Region (Audit Commission) |
| Rural Classification (Birbeck) Predominently Rural (Rural 50) |
Population by Area- (Density) 1.58 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 80 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 6 |
Number of Parish Councils 67 |
Number of Town Councils 2 |
| Average house price £203,231 (Jan - March 2010) £206,074 (Oct - Dec 2010) £223,910 (July - Sept 2011) £216,840 (Oct - Dec 2011) £231,276 (July - Sept 2012) £220,547 (Oct - Dec 2012) |
Outsourced Services Housing run by Havebury Housing, Leisure run by Abbeycroft Leisure |
Average age of population 41.0 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Bury-St-Edmunds, Haverhill |
Unemployment rate 2.2% (JSA claimants for December 2012) |
Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2010/2011 Council Tax - £175.23 2011/2012 Council Tax - £175.23 2012/2013 Council Tax - £175.23 2013/2014 Council Tax - £175.23 |
| Percentage of households which are second homes/holiday accommodation 0.60% (Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2012) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 47.3% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of employed people who have less than 2km to travel to work 38% |
| Employed by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 39.2% (2011 Census data) |
Average annual wage for full time employees
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 42.5% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 15.9% 1 car or van - 43.3% 2 cars or vans - 31.2% 3 cars or vans - 6.9% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.7% |
Local Newspapers Bury Free Press, freesheet Bury Citizen, East Anglian Daily Times, freesheet Bury Mercury, Haverhill Echo, Haverhill Weekly News |
National Park/AONBs Dedham Vale (AONBS) |
| MP with ** beside their name are members of the APPG on Rural Services. | ||
Detail and Analysis for St Edmundsbury |
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A local insight
The RSN is asking Councils to give a local rural perspective through answers to the two questions set out below. This process is ongoing, but we hope to be given first replies for this year by the end of 2011. The boxes below will be completed as we hear back from authorities. Information given will be incorporated into Rural Services Network reports, representations and programmes.
One area of policy undertaken by St Edmundsbury Borough Council where (in their rural areas) they felt they have made real progress in the last year:
Broadband - we are part of the Suffolk Better Broadband campaign, led by Suffolk County Council. Suffolk was successful in its application for Broadband Delivery UK funding to provide Broadband to those areas of Suffolk without it, and to provide minimum download speeds in others.
One area of policy delivery undertaken by St Edmundsbury Borough Council where (in their rural areas) they consider they still face or now face a significant challenge:
Transport – our rural residents tell us that the bus services are not frequent enough and when it is available it is not always on time. We are not the transport authority, so have tried to help residents in other ways (e.g. community transport schemes), but these rely on volunteers, and are often difficult to get started.
(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
(Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)
