Local Place study - Torquay

Question 1

Where is Torqay located?

Answer 1

• A Seaside town in Devon, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.
• It lies 18 miles south of Exeter and 28 miles east-north-east of Plymouth.

Question 2

When did Torquay grow from just being a small fishing village?

Answer 2

• Nineteenth-century

Question 3

What did Torquay use to be?

Answer 3

• A small fishing village with only 800 people in it

Question 4

When did the railway get introduced to Torquay?

Answer 4

• In 1847, making travel more affordable.

Question 5

When did Torbay have a decline in tourists numbers?

Answer 5

• In the 1970s.

Question 6

Give some census data for Torquay

Answer 6

• 2011 - population was 65,000 people.
• 21% of these people were over 65
• Much higher than the national figure of 16.3 percent.

Question 7

Give more census data for Torquay

Answer 7

• 97% percent of the population would consider themselves white British.
• There has been greater migration of Eastern Europeans in recent years.
• But its ethnic variation is still limited.

Question 8

Give some economic characteristics of Torquay

Answer 8

• Torbay was within the top 20 percent of most deprived local authority areas in England.
• A number of the areas within Torquay fell into the top 10 percent of most deprived areas.

Question 9

Give some social characteristics of Torquay

Answer 9

• Its life expectancy at birth is 74.6 years old, however, the least deprived area in the UK has 88.7 years.
• 35% are employment deprived compared to 6.6% in the least deprived area of England.

Question 10

What was the representation of Torquay?

Answer 10

• Railway posters from the 1930s used idyllic images of sunny seaside holidays to inspire the public to travel to these destinations by train.
• However not it’s being mocked for some of the highest drug and prostitution rates in England in a New York Parody.
• Also had a comedy series (Fawlty Towers)