Northwood- Irvine California

Question 1

background

Answer 1

-Irvine Planned city - lots of thought went into the design eg. streets houses
-Southern edge of los angeles conurbation = A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.
-Half of the families have children of school going age
-Seen as one of the best places to live good infrastructure, transport, weather

Question 2

Housing condition

Answer 2

-Single family house on large area of land
-91% f households own their own home
-Average household size has 3 people
60,000 people in just over 20,000 houses
-1.9 million dollars is average house price

Question 3

Income and employment

Answer 3

-Financially well off area
Median income of 114,000/yr
-Most people work for private companies
-94% of people work in white collar office and professional jobs
-Only 6% of people work in blue collar jobs with physical manual labour
-University of california is the largest employer in the city
-High tech companies e.g broadcom
-TNCs with US head quarters include KIA motors
-Medical, pharmaceutical and aerospace firms

average income
Northwood:$86,500
United States: $52,250

Question 4

Education

Answer 4

-Several tertiary education facilities
-5 high school among the best achieving in the USA
-68.5 percent of over 25s have first degrees

Question 5

Health

Answer 5

-Healthcare is excellent
-Air pollution relatively low

Question 6

Crime

Answer 6

-63% lower than national average
-Violent crime 56 per 10,000 people when its normally 361