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What are the six characteristics of Place Profile?

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Demographic, Socio-economic, Physical, Built environment, Cultural, Political

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Define Place Profile

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A combination of characteristics which shape a place’s identity and can change over time

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What are the four areas of a city?

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CBD, Inner City, Suburbs, Rural-Urban Fringe

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What are Aspley’s 4 figure grid references?

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1516, 1416

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What evidence is there that Aspley is an inner city area?

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Close to CBD (0.5km), Lack of green space, Just beyond Ring Road, Terraced housing grid iron layout

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What are four features of a CBD?

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Businesses and shops, High density, High land prices, Inside Ring Road

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What are four features of an inner city?

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Terraced houses, Small gardens, High density, Lack of green space

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What are four features of suburbs?

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Detached modern houses, Parks/gardens, Lower density, Have to commute to CBD

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What are four features of the rural-urban fringe?

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Green space, Retail parks, Residential and commercial, Edge of town (greenbelt beyond)

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What is the latitude and longitude of the Aspley Basin?

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53.6N, 1.77W

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What canals flow through Aspley?

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Huddersfield Broad and Narrow Canals

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What river flows through Aspley?

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River Colne

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What Borough Council is Huddersfield in?

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Kirklees MBC (Metropolitan Borough Council)

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How many wards is Kirklees MBC split into?

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23

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What two wards is Aspley located in?

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Newsome and Dalton

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What political parties did the two wards in Aspley vote for in the 2016 local council elections?

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Newsome voted Green

Dalton voted Labour

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A census is a count of…

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… All people and households in the country

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A census is carried out…

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… Every 10 years

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When was the last census for England and Wales?

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March 2011

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When is the next census for England and Wales?

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March 2021

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The census provides…

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… Primary data on the socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the population

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The census allows us to compare different groups of people across the entire nation because…

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… The same questions are asked and the information is recorded in the same way throughout the UK

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The census data is available at various scales from…

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… Ward level to a more detailed level called Super Output Areas (SOA), The smallest scale is from the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) which contains 1,000-3,000 residents

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In England and Wales, the census is planned and carried out by…

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… The Office for National Statistics

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What % of Aspley's population are aged 0-15?
13.25%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are aged 0-15?
20.4%
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What % of Aspley's population are aged 16-64?
80.75%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are aged 16-64?
64.4%
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What % of Aspley's population are aged 65+?
6.05%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are aged 65+?
15.2%
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What is Aspley's population density/ha?
21.9%
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What is Kirklees MBC's population density/ha?
10.3%
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What % of Aspley's 16+ population have no qualifications?
21.4%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's 16+ population have no qualifications?
13.21%
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What % of Aspley's population are economically inactive (students)?
27.86%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are economically inactive (students)?
13.21%
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What % of Aspley's population have a professional occupation?
10.03%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population have a professional occupation?
15.56%
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What % of Aspley's population have social rented housing from the council?
19.66%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population have social rented housing from the council?
12.04%
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What % of Aspley's population have no cars or vans in the household?
60.65%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population have no cars or vans in the household?
26.44%
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What % of Aspley's population are white (Eng/Welsh/Scot/N.Ir)?
52.2%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are white (Eng/Welsh/Scot/N.Ir)?
76.67%
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What % of Aspley's population are Asian?
22.62%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are Asian?
16.04%
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What % of Aspley's population are Christian?
38.75%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are Christian?
53.44%
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What % of Aspley's population are Muslim?
21.23%
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What % of Kirklees MBC's population are Muslim?
14.51%
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What % of Aspley's population have no religion?
30.98%
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What % of Aspley's population have no religion?
6.48%
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Define Housing Tenure
The system under which housing is occupied e.g. owner-occupiers or tenants renting from a landlord
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Define Formal Data
This is data which has been collected and has clear locational positioning
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Define Informal Data
This is representation of a place based from TV, film, music, art, photos
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Define Knowledge Economy
Wealth creating activities that are knowledge based e.g. R&D linked to university, high-tech manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, business services, design, education and health
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Define Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)
The smallest area census data is available at (it covers 1,000-3,000 residents)
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Define Studentification
A process of change in a local community caused by a growing student population
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Define Sustainability
An ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself

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