Owton Manor

Coordinates: 54°39′29″N 1°13′59″W / 54.658°N 1.233°W

Owton Manor is a residential area in the town of Hartlepool, in England. It is situated in the south-western area of Hartlepool, and is part of the town. The estate is served by three shopping precincts, which include St. Patrick's shops, Wynyard Road shops and Owton Manor Lane shops. Owton Manor is less than 2 miles away from the seaside resort of Seaton Carew, on the East Coast, which is also part of Hartlepool.

Churches

Owton Manor is served by three local churches: St James Church of England, St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and Owton Manor Baptist Church.

Recent changes

As of November 2010, the local sheltered housing complex, Maxwell Court Flatlets, has been demolished. As much of a landmark of Owton Manor as St. Patrick's Church, Owton Manor Baptist Church or the Old Sycamore trees situated near the Manor farm house on Owton Manor Lane, the land once occupied by the sheltered housing is apparently being designated to the local social housing association to build more social housing.

A recent fire has also altered the appearance of buildings linked to the old Manor Farm House.

Households and People

It consists of 2605 occupied households, of which 23% are single parent, 53.5% have children in lone parent families, 14.6% are lone pensioners and 18.2% are occupied by single people.

Streets in the area are grouped by the first letter into blocks, for example, the 'M Block' would be a gathering of M-Streets. The houses are predominnatly social housing, 56.3% with 4.9% privately rented and 33.6% owner occupied.

There were according to the last census, 6015 people living in Owton Manor of who 1590 were aged 15 or under, 3635 were aged between 16 and 65 and 890 were over this age.

Economic

31.6% of those of working age are recieiving benefits 38.1% of pupuils are eligible for free school meals 56.8% of households have no car. 43.2% of households have no one working

Average weekly income £430 (2007/2008)

Ranked 152 out of 7932 wards in the national Index of Multiple Deprivation Ranked 5 out of 116 wards in the Tees Valley Index of Multiple Deprivation

Education

• Primary Schools which serve the area include Owton Manor, St. Teresa's, Grange and Rossmere. The only secondary school serving the area is Manor Community Academy, although Brierton Community School is located nearby.
• 27% of adults are classed as having low literacy skills

. 69% of adults are classed as having low numberacy skills.

• 53.7% of people aged 16 to 74 had no qualifications

. 15.7% of people aged 16 to 74 had 1-4 GCSEs . 16.3% of people aged 16 to 74 had 5+GCSEs/1 A level . 3.8% of people aged 16 to 74 had 2+A levels . 4.1% of people aged 16 to 74 had a degree, HNC or Professional qualification.

• Manor Community Academy is currently being rebuilt on-site and has a completion date of April 2016.

Youth Services

Owton Manor has three youth based centres, Solid Rock (an internet cafe and fitness based project at Owton Manor Baptist Church) NYPD and the Hartlepool Council run Rossmere Centre.