Topic 4b - Our place and another Flashcards
What’s the average wage in Slough?
£558/week (quite high - incentive for workers to come and work)
What rate does Slough grow annually?
16.3% - fastest in the country
What’s the unemployment rate in Slough?
1.4% - lowest in the UK
What’s the average age in Slough?
33.9 - youngest town in the UK, workers, families, vibrancy, education
How much has the WBritish population changed by?
68 TO 49,000 (White flight)
What’s the White British population in Slough compared to the rest of the UK?
46% vs. 86% (rest of the UK)
How many babies are born at Wexham Park Hospital
420/month (high)
What is the % population of White British in Belfast
95%
What% of Slough’s population is Muslim, Hindu and Sikh
50%
What’s the largest ethnic minority group in Upton
Indian
What’s the ratio of Catholics:Protestants in Belfast
51:49
What’s the % decline in steel industry in Northern Ireland
90%
What’s the average age in Titanic Quarter?
35 (regeneration, reorganisation - students)
Where do engineers study in Belfast?
Queens University, Belfast
How many phamacies opened in Langley?
Represents increased population - 3
Why did deindustrialisation happen in Belfast?
Ship building decline
Heavily bombed in Blitz
Troubles
What type of schools are in Slough?
Selective, and some specialist and private
What type of schools are in N. Ireland?
Selective
What% of housing did the war take away in Belfast?
52%
What’s the river in Belfast called?
Lagan - river trade,
What does the Lagan feed into?
Belfast Lough, it was sheltered from the Irish Air
Which N Irish city was a key trading point for the Americas…
Derry-Londonderry
Population of Dervock
700-ish people
Teen pregnancy rate in Dervock?
2nd highest in N Ireland
