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Ustí nad Labem

The city of Ústí nad Labem lies 90km north of Prague and is located deep in the valley of the Labe (Elbe) river. The city has a population of 95,000 people. The city benefits from the Prague-Germany motorway which is near completion, in addition to major river port and railway junctions. Ústí nad Labem is home to a long established chemical industry and has suffered from a number of serious environmental problems, although these have now been improved. The city’s difficult topography and proximity to opencast mining and power plants has contributed to the problem. A variety of food, glass and engineering industries are also present, but the region as a whole suffers from the highest unemployment in the country. Ústí nad Labem is the capital of the Ústecký kraj region. The Larger Urban Zone (LUZ), as defined by the Urban Audit, includes the city and a limited part of the region, accounting for 244,000 people over an area of 874km2.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2004	93,859						342	2004	245,356	1:2.61
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	-1%						247	2001	0%
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	36%						297	2001	34%	1:0.96
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	10%						273	2001	9%	1:0.93
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment	2004	€276						150	2004	€253	1:0.92
Average price per m2 for a house	2004	€625						157	2004	€625	1:1
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	41%						305	2001	35%	1:0.87
Percentage of households living in social housing
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	17						229	2001	18	1:1.06
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2001	52.50						250	2001	43.26	1:0.82
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2001	13%						308	2001	13%	1:1.02
Unemployment rate - female	2001	12%						307	2001	14%	1:1.21
Employment rate	2001	80%						273
Activity rate	2001	72%						307	2001	71%	1:0.98
GDP per head (€)	2001	€8,372						296	2001	€5,797	1:0.69
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2001	€5,467						138	2001	€5,467	1:1
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2001	23%						118	2001	24%	1:1.04
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2001	30%						233
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	379						234	2001	370	1:0.98
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	10						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	103						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2001	0.22						217
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2001	75%						177
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)	2001	428						177
Population density (residents per km2)	2001	1,015						272	2001	279	1:0.27
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2001	28%						175	2001	31%	1:1.10
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2001	27						177	2001	26	1:0.96

SUB CITY LEVEL

4 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 23859		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	4%	5%	5%	1:1.29
Percentage of households that are 1-person households		2001	32%	36%	39%	1:1.20
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households		2001	8%	10%	13%	1:1.55
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households		2001	10%	13%	15%	1:1.61
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities		2001	0%	0%	1%	1:10
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate		2001	10%	13%	15%	1:1.49
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25		2001	19%	21%	22%	1:1.14
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)		2001	445	1,015	4,295	1:9.65