Local place, Hedington - Changing places Flashcards
What are the resources to help you investigation the location and locale of the place and their advanatges + disadvantages? (3)
1 - Google Earth / Street view
+ Streets and land use are easy to compare
- Images could be dated
What is the location and locale of Hedington? (4)
1 - Globalised - MNC’s on high street e.g Starbucks
2 - Localised - Weekend market
3 - In East Oxford
4 - Main land use - housing - growing population due to rural - urban migration into CBD - houses cheaper in hedington than in centre of Oxford
What is Hedington’s population structure? (3)
1 - Pop = 6,130
2 - Age structure
- 17% = 65+ yrs
- 68% = working age
- 15% = 0-15 yrs
3 - Diversity
- 67% white British
- 33% Other ethnicity
What are the resources used to help you investigate the charceristics of the place and advantages and disadvanatges?
Oxford City Council Local Insight Ward profiles
+ created in 2019 - fairly recent
- created by local council, could be bias
some figures taken from later dates
What are Hedington’s economic characteristics?
- Employed = 45% people aged 16-74 are in full-time employment
What are hedington’s social characteristics? (5)
1 - 9% have no qualifications
2 - All crimes Nov 2018 = 56
3 - 13% of people have a limiting long-term illness
4 - Average house price = £580,000 yet 4% of children are living in poverty + 2% of households lack central heating
5 - 83% people ‘satisfied with their neighbourhood
What is Hedington’s representation? (2)
1 - Fun + exciting e.g fireworks night + Festival
2 - Place stereotypes e.g Hedingtons girls private school - rich
What is the lived experience of Hedington?
1 - People who feel that they belong to their neighbourhood - 50%
What is the Economic and Social change of Hedington? (4)
1 - Number of people in each deprivation decile decreased
2 - Children living in poverty fluctuated but overall increased
3 - Crime rate overall increased
4 - Total number vacancies fluctauted but overall increased
