Place case study- King's park ward, Hackney

Question 1

Where is King’s Park ward located?

Answer 1

North of the Thames, inner city East London

Question 2

What is the % unemployment?

Answer 2

8.9 much higher than national average

Question 3

What is the % of lone parent households?

Answer 3

21 higher than national average

Question 4

What is the % white British?

Answer 4

25 lower than national average

Question 5

What is the % black African?

Answer 5

18.8 higher than national average

Question 6

What is the % black Caribbean?

Answer 6

12.7 higher than national average

Question 7

What % housing is socially rented?

Answer 7

54

Question 8

During which decade was there an increase in international immigration?

Answer 8

1960s

Question 9

Where did people emigrate from?

Answer 9

Turkey, Russia, Kurdistan, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam

Question 10

When did the first stage of gentrification occur?

Answer 10

1800s, as the aspiring middle class moved in

Question 11

When did the second stage of gentrification occur? Why?

Answer 11

1990s

Victorian properties in the ward were bought by the wealthy middle class

Question 12

i) When did the population rapidly increase?

ii) What did the population increase from?

Answer 12

i) In 20th century

ii) From approx. 12,730 to 200,000

Question 13

What was built during the 20th century?

Answer 13

Railways, canals, factories

Question 14

When did selective outmigration of the wealthy middle class occur?

Answer 14

During the 20th Century

Question 15

What occurred during the 1970s-80s?

Answer 15

Social housing experiments such as the Holly Street estate, these led to lots of crime occurring

Question 16

What occurred in the 1800s to cause industrialisation?

Answer 16

Water powered mills were built on the River Lee

Question 17

What was a consequence of industrialisation

Answer 17

Lower classes of people began to move in

Question 18

What were the key industries in the 1800s?

Answer 18

Paint manufacturing and furniture trade

Question 19

What was the ward like in 1500s?

Answer 19

Rural, quite far from the centre of London, MArket garden phase. Used for hunting and holidays for rich tudors

Question 20

How would you structure an 8 mark question on how the identity of a place has changed over time?

Answer 20

intro- Name, location, time scale
Para 1- 1st time period: land use/ demographic groups/ why?
Para 2- 2nd time period: How is it different to first? Land use/demographic groups/why?
Para 3- same structure as 2nd
Conclusion- What are the key changes over time?

Question 21

% people under the age of 20

Answer 21

30%, higher than national average

Question 22

% population that are Muslim?

Answer 22

18, much higher than national average

Question 23

Where does the IMD place King’s Park?

Answer 23

Within the 10% most deprived boroughs in England

Question 24

% population employed in professional sector

Answer 24

17