The People of London

The People of London

by Andrew Kacherski

The People of London

Andrew Kacherski

Abstract

The people of London are unique. Being such a large city, people are drawn to it from all over the world. I have always been curious about people and make it a point to learn their life story. This project is a little different. I am going to create their backstory for them. I will observe their current behavior and use that to make creative writing pieces about their backstory.

Introduction

I suggest you save this section for last. Describe the essence of this project. Cover what the project is and who cares in the first two sentences. Then cover what others have done like it, how your project is different. Discuss the extent to which your strategy for completing this project was new to you, or an extension of previous HUA experiences.

As you continue to think about your project milestones, reread the "Goals" narrative on defining project milestones from the HU2900 syllabus. Remember: the idea is to have equip your milestone with a really solid background and then some sort of "thing that you do". You'll need to add in some narrative to describe why you did the "thing that you did", which you'd probably want to do anyway. You can make it easy for your advisors to give you a high grade by ensuring that your project milestone work reflects careful, considerate, and comprehensive thought and effort in terms of your background review, and insightful, cumulative, and methodical approaches toward the creative components of your project milestone deliverables.

Section 1: London Demographics

• • • • • • • • I will add a lot more to this section. It is just very time consuming to find information because the census posts them in the form of individualized spread sheets. This means I have to do data analysis on the spreadsheets to find the information I want.

Ethnicity

37% of people living in London were born outside of the United Kingdom. In greater London, this number ranges from 6%-23%. This pattern suggests that different nationalities have different migration patterns. (Comparing London and the Core Cities). From 1981-2011, 2,587,066 have migrated to London from the Middle East and Asia. This makes it the largest group to migrate to London (small populations tables.) In London 49% of people are White from the UK. The next highest ethnicity in London is Black/African/Caribbean with 7% percent. The reason it is higher is because the UK consists of Britain Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. These countries much closer to London than the Caribbean and Africa, making these people more likely to move to London.(ethnicity age tool). Through my analysis of the ethnic groups by borough spread sheet, released by the Office of National Statistics, groups of similar race tend to live together. In each borough, there is a large percentage of a minority group that lives in that borough. For the groups that have a low percentage in this borough, they have a large percentage in another borough. Reinforcing the idea that people of similar nationalities live together. This is evident in areas such as chinatown.

Age

London has a younger age profile than the nine other core cities in the United Kingdom (Comparing London and the Core Cities.) 832,966 people living in London are between the ages 25-29, making it a fairly young city. This age group has the most amount of people as compared to every other age group. The second largest age group is 30-34 years old which has a population of 796,888. Together this means around 20% of the population of London is between the age of 25-34. Another interesting fact is there are more children aged 0-4 than there are adults aged 45-49. This means that a lot of young people are starting families in London. (ward pop ons).

In London there are over 350,000 students. The majority of students live in London during their terms. But they move from counties such as Cornwall, Devon, Oxford, Berks, and Yorkshire while they are not studying.

Gender

According to a 2011 census, there are 4,033,289 males living in the city of London. They are very well spread out throughout the city residing in 32 boroughs. Croydon has the most men, with 176,224, but there are many boroughs that are only a few thousand men off. According to the same census, there are 4,140,652 females in London. They are equally as spread out as men with the majority in Croydon (187,154). In terms of work, 24% of the men in London work in a professional occupation and 25% of females work in professional occupations (employment by occ and gender).

Population

The population of London, as of 2011, is 8,173,941. I am sure it has increased since then. The largest borough in London according to the census is Croydon. It is home to 363,378 people. The reason Croydon is home to so many people is due to its low weekly rent payments. It has one of the lowest weekly rents in London (London City Hall). This borough was also home to the infamous Charles Dickens. The type of housing is split almost in half. 1,686,116 households lived in flats while 1,580,057 households lived in houses. According to the map, as the property gets closer to the center of London, the number of flats increases. Also as one gets closer to the center of London, the number of shared dwellings increases. It caps out at 5% in Kensington and Chelsea. A shared dwelling is when two or more unfamiliar people share a house or apartment. (housing characteristics). Over the past 10 years Inner London has experienced above a 20% increase in population. According to a GLA projection, the population will reach 9,203,000 by the year 2021 (https://data.london.gov.uk/census/infographic-demography/).

Occupation

In London, 3,998,897 people have jobs that were reported to the census (LABOUR). In reality this number is probably higher because some people do not fill out the census, or have jobs that are off the books. This means that over half of the population is has a job. Their unemployment rate at this time is around 5% (unemployment region from https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/unemployment-rate-region). This makes you very likely that if you talk to someone in the street, they will have a job. The occupation that dominates the population is professional occupations. This is an occupation that requires formal education (universities). These are jobs such as bankers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, etc. The biggest jobs in London are Construction, Health, and Finance. The average weekly pay for a person in London is around £500. The number of public sector jobs has been steadily decreasing over the past few years so people are turning to the private sector for employment . And the number of hours that people are working per week has also been a steady increase over the past few years. This is due to the cost of living. (office for national statistics)

Section 2: Deliverable

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Why Did I Tell You This?

I will use census and demographic information to make my stories more believable. By incorporating these elements, it will make the story appear to be more realistic. Specifying gender, age, and income before I write my story will allow me to to find a person I believe fits this criteria. Then using information such as type of dwelling and where there from, I can accurately tell a story about their past. I understand that if you do not like numbers and statistics this may seem a little boring or confusing. This is just to show the break up of the population and the probability of running into someone who fits this criteria during your day.

Conclusion

In this section, provide a summary or recap of your work, as well as potential areas of further inquiry (for yourself, future students, or other researchers).

References

1. Clegg, R. (2017, May 17). Statistical bulletin:UK labour market: May 2017. Retrieved June 09, 2017, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/may2017#public-and-private-sector-employment
2. L. (2017, June 05). London Rents map. Retrieved June 09, 2017, from https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/housing-and-land/renting/london-rents-map