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	Village Appraisal Analysis
	Shaded numbers are in percentages of total that answered the question
	Questions marked with # were multi-tick and are % of the 805 people eligible to answer
	The response
	Total distributed to h/holds	640			Total residents response	918
	Total returned	402			Total 11 yrs. Plus	805
	Percentage of returns	63
	The People
	Numbers in italics are totals of ticks
	Age group ?				Are you permanently resident in Delabole?
	45 to 59	23	208		Yes	99	761
	25 to 44	22	198		No	1	8
	65 to 74	15	136
	11 to 15	8	71
	75 to 84	7	67		How long have you lived in Delabole?
	5 to 10	7	62		1-5 yrs.	29	230
	60 to 64	6	59		6-15 yrs.	26	208
	0 to 4	6	51		26-50 yrs.	15	121
	18 to 24	4	39		16-25 yrs.	13	101
	16 to 17	2	21		Whole life	11	90
	85 plus	1	6		51+ yrs.	6	45
	Female	56	351
	Male	44	443		How did you come to live in Delabole?
					Born here	21	186
	Are you at present?				Love of country/village life	13	114
	An employee	35	271		Availability of housing	12	109
	Retired	28	223		Retired here	12	103
	Self-employed	10	79		Came with family	12	109
	In full time education	10	82		Setting up home	10	84
	Un-waged h/wife etc.	8	60		Work in area	8	68
	Permanently sick/disab.	5	39		Marriage	8	67
	Unemployed	2	16		Other	5	43
	In training scheme	2	13
	Improvement
	#In relation to paths and street lights etc.				#Which of the following do you think would
	would you like to see more or any of the				improve Delabole  ?
	following in Delabole ?				Plant more trees/shrubs flowers	54	438
	Cycle paths	49	391		Carnival	49	398
	More footpaths	32	259		Dem of derelict buildings/regenerate	49	396
	More pavements	30	242		Village approach enhancements	49	395
	More street lights	26	207		Better planning	27	221
	Pelican crossings	26	208		Better security	26	211
	Mini roundabouts	25	201		Museum/heritage centre	25	205
	Dropped kerbs	20	158		The creation of a Heritage trail	24	197
	Traffic islands	13	106		Out of town supermarket	21	170
	None of the above	6	48.6		More seating	20	163
					Annual music /arts festival	16	125
					Arts centre	12	98
					None of these	2	15
	Housing
	Is this dwelling …?				# Is there need for more accomodation
	Owner occupied	78	312		of the following types in Delabole?
	NCDC rented	10	38		Low cost sale (starter)	44	358
	Private rented	7	28		Restricted sale to locals	32	258
	H. Asoc. Rented	5	19		Other	24	196
	Other	1	2		No opinion	21	173
					Housing Association	19	149
	Would you support a development that				Sheltered housing	13	104
	might help meet the needs of local people?				Owner occupied	13	108
	Yes	95	566
	No	5	31
	Is any individual in your household				If in need of alternative accom.,
	currently in need of alternative				where do you as a household/
	accommodation?				individual need to move to ?
	No	94			Another dwelling in Delabole	57
	Yes	6			Elsewhere in Delabole	29
					Outside Delabole within 10 miles	10
	If your household/individual is				Over 10 miles from Delabole	5
	unable to move to the accom.
	of the type needed is it because?				What type of accommodation is
	Lack of NCDC/H.ass. Homes	33			needed  ?
	Lack of suitable housing to buy	30			O. occ. lo-cost starter homes	30
	Price	29			NCDC rented	26
	Lack of priv. rented accom.	23			Private rented	16
	Unable to afford moving	10			Housing Association rented	14
	Other	3			Owner occupied	14
	No suitable sheltered housing	0			Sheltered accommodation	0
	Not able to get a job	0			Other	0
	Education
	# In relation to educational facilities does				# If the following classes were provided
	Delabole need more or any of the following?				would you attend?
	Adult ed/evening classes	37	299		Keep-fit	21	169
	After school clubs	31	248		Crafts	20	159
	No opinion	28	225		Woodwork/ D.I.Y	14	116
	Holiday play scheme	27	214		Languages	13	104
	More reg. Childminders	11	91		Other suggestions	4	33
	Nursery school	9	75
	Full day care	9	74		If there was a facility for you to use computers
	Playgroup	5	41		/net  with tuition if reqd. would you use it?
					Never	46	294
					Sometimes	36	233
					Frequently	18	115
	Jobs & Opportunities
	If you are in waged employment, what is				# Which of these visitor activities are in your
	the business of your major employer?				view suited to Delabole ?
	Local government	30	121		Heritage trail	42	335
	Other	20	52		Off-road cycling	38	307
	Retail/service industry	10	41		Sightseeing	38	306
	Manufacturing other	8	33		Fishing	38	306
	Construction	8	33		Horse riding	34	276
	Manufacturing/engineer	6	25		Farm visits – trails	35	278
	Tourism-hotels b&b etc.	5	19		Photography	31	253
	Food processing	4	18		Painting	26	213
	Agriculture/Horticulture	3	13		Road cycling	17	134
	Transport/comms	3	13		Other	11	86
	Financial services	1	5		None	2	17
	Where is your main place of work?
	Beyond 6m.of Delabole	39	144
	Within 6 m. of Delabole	33	123
	Within Delabole	27	101
	If you are not in waged employment,				If you are actively seeking work,
	are you seeking work?				are there any barriers that are
	Part-time 15-30 H.p.w.	47			preventing you from taking up
	Full time 30 hrs.per wk.+	37			employment,  training or study
	Part-time less than 15 h.	17			opportunities?
					Lack of  access to transport	26
	If you are seeking employment, what				No barriers	22
	type of work are you looking for?				Don’t have the right type of exp.	15
	Other	33			Don’t have right quals/training	15
	Clerical/secretarial	19			Lack of child care locally	11
	Sales	19			Lack of alt care for adult dep.	7
	Personal services	14			Disability/ill health	4
	Managerial	5
	Profess./Technical	5			Would you be interested in taking
	Craft/skilled mech.	5			any vocational training oppertunities
	Plant operative	0			now or in the future?
					No	44
					Yes	33
					Not sure	22