Geography places- Toxteth

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  • Toxteth
    • Location
      • Part of the inner city of Liverpool
    • Demographics
      • Population density=87.9
        • Few elderly residents more children
          • 65+=10.6
          • 16-54=75.5
          • 0-15= 13.9
      • Higher diversity
        • White= 78.6%
        • Mixed= 6%
        • Aisan= 4.6%
    • The past
      • The saxons established the settlement
        • Domesday survey in 1086 recorded one of just a few costal locations
          • King John took the area under his control in the 13th century
            • 16th century= increase in farming
              • Began to emerge as a major port
                • 1772 ceramics factories
                  • 18th century= greenfield used for commuters into the city
                    • 19th Century= poorly built homes for industry back to back meant disease spread
    • Socio-economic
      • Home ownership= 24%
      • No access to public transport = 54.4%
      • Bad health= 9.4%
      • 16+ with no formal qualification= 27.2%
    • Cultural
      • Major culture events such as eid and ramadan along with friday prayers
    • Bulit
      • Toxteth has been adapted by migrant communities
      • Land usage has been massively altered and new buildings constructed
    • Natural
      • Found on higher land on banks of river Mersey
      • River is fast flowing
    • Flows of people money and investment
      • Loss of employment in the docks
      • Poverty was a main case of the Toxteth riots in 1981 and was a period of serious civil disturbance
      • The liverpool science park was started in 2003
      • The EU funding has been used to update the place profile
      • 2015 a major survey found problems in recruitment due to lack in education
      • Merseyside development of the 1980s set to regenerate the former dock area
      • In 1988 the tate opened
      • 2008 the European capital of Culture
      • Clty now

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