Middlesbrough

Question 1

How many people have left Middlesbrough since 1990?

Answer 1

20,000

Question 2

How has the global recession in 2008 affect Middlesbrough?

Answer 2

Many remaining small-scale businesses and services were forced to close after the large chain stores closed down as the number of customers decreased.

Question 3

What company has closed down in Redcar in 2015 to cause furhter decline and presents another obstacle to successful regeneration?

Answer 3

SSI Steelworks

Question 4

What is the unemployment rate in Middlesbrough?

Answer 4

13% (twice national average)

30% of the town’s working-age households do not have anyone in paid employment.

Question 5

Average house price in North Ormesby area compared to UK average.

Answer 5

£57,000 in North Ormesby

£180,000 in the U.K

Question 6

Life expectancy for a baby girl born in Middlesbrough?

Answer 6

For newborn baby girls, life expectancy was lowest in Middlesbrough (79.8 years).

Question 7

How many secondary school students attend schools that ‘require improvement’?

Answer 7

Half of secondary school students

Question 8

Example of a sink estate in Middlesbrough

Answer 8

Grove Hill