Regenerating Places Fact Attack Flashcards
Full-time jobs are classed when someone works over how many hours per week?
35 hours
Deindustrialisation in the UK occurred in mainly which decade?
1980s
What type of jobs are created from the tourism industry in the UK?
Seasonal
In 2018, what was the UK’s average income?
£21,095
In 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the UK owned how much of the country’s wealth?
23%
In 2021, the bottom 50% of the UK owned less than what % of the country’s wealth?
5%
Inheritance accounts for what % of private wealth?
60%
In 2022, what was the child poverty rate in Wales?
31%
In 2022, what was the average life expectancy for a male in the UK?
79
In 2022, what was the average life expectancy for a female in the UK?
82.9
The odds of being a smoker were how many times higher in the routine and manual occupation (blue collar) group compared with those with other occupations in 2020?
2.2
In what year was the Bullring Shopping Centre linked to the newly developed Grand Central Station in Birmingham?
2015
In 2020-2021, how many students enrolled across the 5 universities in Birmingham?
92,655
How many miles away from Birmingham’s CBD is Mosley?
3
In Happisburgh, Norfolk, how much land has been lost to the sea over the past 250 years?
250m
High Speed Rail 1 was completed in which year?
2007
The closure of the Longbridge factory in 2005 led to how many job losses?
6,300
In 2021, what % of Llandudno’s population was over the age of 65?
30%
The railway line in Llandudno opened in which year?
1958
By 2006, what % of manufacturing jobs had been lost in Birmingham due to deindustrialisation?
80%
In June 2008, what was the unemployment rate in Birmingham?
8.40%
Birmingham accounts for what % of the West Midlands economic output?
21.60%
How often is the census undertaken?
10 (years)
How many domains are there in the Index of Multiple Deprivation?
7
How many miles of canal does Birmingham have?
35
What was the global audience of the Commonwealth Games in 2022?
835 million
What % of Birmingham’s population are white?
61.60%
How many annual visitors are there to the International Convention Centre in Birmingham?
350,000
What is the annual footfall to the Bullring and Grand Central Station in Birmingham?
36 million
Birmingham’s jewellery quarter accounts for what % of the UK’s jewellery output?
40%
How many platforms does Llandudno train station have?
3
How many visitors does Llandudno get each year?
10 million
The Great Orme Tramway has been ferrying passengers to the summit since which year?
1898
What % of Llandudno’s population are white?
96.6%
In what year were the White Rabbit statues unveiled in Llandudno for the Wonderland Trails?
1933
