Brixton

Question 1

What percentage of people in the labour force are unemployed?

Answer 1

2%

Question 2

What is the mean age?

Answer 2

33

Question 3

What percentage of the local economy is made up by
Professional services
Retail
Professional occupations

Answer 3

30%
15%
17%

Question 4

When and what was the significance of the Vaxhaul Bridge being built?

Answer 4

1806
Enable better transport links to London
Victorian housing boom - Angel Town

Question 5

Explain and example of resistance to change in Brixton

Answer 5

Brixton Pound
Money spent on B£ circulates 3 time longer locally
Exclude large chains from local business
Retain character of high street - CLONE STOPPING
tourists attracted by unique ‘one offs’

Question 6

What % (2018) of the population is BAME or white?

Answer 6

BAME - 44%
Black population decreasing
Increasing rents
White - 55%
Gentrification attractive

Question 7

Give an example and the impact of globalisation in term of flows of;
People
Capital
Ideas

Answer 7

People
Windrush post WWII - Afro Caribbean
Capital
Angel family wealth (TRADE) - building Angel town
Remittances from immigrants back to Jamaica
Ideas
Culture and music from Caribbean