North Vs South (Middlesborough Vs Reading)

Question 1

What proportion of Middlesbrough jobs are manual work?

Answer 1

16.7%

Question 2

What proportion of reading jobs are manual work?

Answer 2

9.6%

Question 3

What proportion of Middlesbrough jobs are in professional services?

Answer 3

13.6%

Question 4

What proportion of reading jobs are in professional services?

Answer 4

28.7%

Question 5

What is the average weekly income of someone in Middlesbrough?

Answer 5

£532

Question 6

What is the average weekly income of someone in reading?

Answer 6

£605

Question 7

What is the average Middlesbrough life expectancy?

Answer 7

77

Question 8

What is the average reading life expectancy?

Answer 8

81

Question 9

How deprived is middlesborough compared to the rest of the country on the index of deprivation?

Answer 9

7th most deprived

Question 10

How deprived is Reading compared to the rest of the country on the index of deprivation?

Answer 10

147th most deprived

Question 11

What did reading gain in employment in 2016?

Answer 11

40000 digital economy jobs

Question 12

What did middlesborough lose in employment in 2015?

Answer 12

Closure of teeside steelworks led to the loss of 3200 jobs

Question 13

What changes in population has middlesborough experienced?

Answer 13

Was 146000 in 1991 but fell to 138400 by 2011 more than 5% decrease

Question 14

How has readings population changed recently?

Answer 14

Grew from 136000 in 1991 to 155000 in 2011

Question 15

What is the index of deprivation?

Answer 15

A multi variant analysis technique quantified based on income, employment, health, education, crime, barriers to housing/services and living environment