Toxteth place profile Flashcards
What is the average age in toxteth?
75% are working age between 16 and 64 but only 10%>65 and 13.99% are 0-15. These statistics are lower than national average
What is the ethnic demography like?
- 78% white
2.7% Black-afro Caribbean (attracted by job opportunities)
What is the population density per ha?
87-88 per ha high population density national average is around 4.1
What % of people have no formal qualifications?
27%
What % of people have ‘bad health’?
9.4%
What is the average income per household?
£28,000
What is the crime rate per 1000?
250/1000
What % of people are economically active?
65% with only 36% in full time employment
How does worship vary among migrants and natives?
71% are Christian (Roman catholic) with many afro-Caribbean’s having distinct Christian worship different from white British worship
What percentage of people are muslims?
3.3% muslim
What mosque is used by the Toxteth Muslim community?
Al Rahma mosque with Ramadan and importance to Friday prayers
What party does the MP belong to?
Labour
What ward is Toxteth part of?
Riverside, one of 30 making up Liverpool City Council
What is the role of residents associations?
They represent residents’ views and concerns, provide a forum for residents to meet formally to consider matters of local concern and importance. To encourage and promote a sense of community spirit. To oppose racism and all forms of discrimination.
What type of housing is found in Toxteth?
Due to industrialisation there is a dominance of cheaper terraced housing in the urban built environment
What type of town is Toxteth?
Urban city suburb
what is the average price of a semi detached house?
£122,000
what typebof historic housing is there?
Historic villas from industrial period for middle class- many merchants of slave trade
what was the slope angle of land?
Undulating land which started as a greenfield site for farming and hunting
On what river is Toxteth located on?
Banks of the Mersey River
What is the Altitude of Toxteth?
26m
what is the significance of Toxteth regionally in the past?
Saxon heritage and a former coastal village
How did Toxteth become a thriving area regionally in the past?
The area was fenced off for over 300 years by King James as a hunting forest before becoming farmland and making power from a damned stream good for irrigation and farming
Why was Toxteth significant internationally in the past?
industrialisation made the area a major port, connected to the rest of the world shipping goods
what were the initial forms of industrialisation?
- Copper works and ceramic works
- Flour milling and brewing for a growing population
How was Toxteth connected to Scandinavia?
Through transport of timber
what role did the port play in slavery?
Slave trade connecting Liverpool to the world
What role did housing play in disease?
Cheap housing for industry workers and their families lead to a denser population where epidemics of cholera and typhoid rapidly spread.
Why did many residential development schemes take place?
Part of the area was given to a ambitious housing scheme with villas, it was an attractive greenfield site for the middle class who wanted to escape the inner city congestion and declining environmental quality
What are present day migration patterns like?
Migration from west Africa and the caribbean
what are present day global connections like?
International connections are generally not well maintained as docks have moved up north
Shifting flows: Why has migration of people occurred?
People from commonwealth migrated during the industrial era to fill skills gaps and were attracted by cheap housing
Shifting flows: how did migration of middle class change?
During industrialisation there was internal migration of the middle class to the rural fringe
Shifting flows: How did availability of resources change?
Decline of the docks as containerisation occurred and moved docks up north fir easier access. This led to a loss of employment and led to a period of civil disturbance- Toxteth riots 1981
what stimulated the Toxteth riots?
Unemployment and racism
what were the effects of the Toxteth riots?
500 injured and 70 buildings damaged over the course of 9 days
Shifting flows: what was the role of Merseyside development cooperation?
Set out to regenerate the area in 1980s e.g. Liverpool Tate
What role has Tate Liverpool played?
Opened in 1988 and in 2008 was declared European capital of culture which may have helped to increase tourism and tertiary employment
What was the title given to docks by UNESCO?
World heritage site but status later revoked as the area was converted to bars
How has the knowledge economy been affected? give 3 ways
- Largest offshore windfarm in Liverpool bay- expanding low carbon sector
- 2015 survey found that many applicants lacked job specific skills and qualifications, many don’t have access to employment
- Liverpool science Park opened in 2003 has helped to expand the knowledge economy
