Regional Policy - Inforegio
Urban Audit: City Profiles
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Kocaeli

Kocaeli is a city in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. It is located by the Gulf of Izmit, about 100 km. east of Istanbul. The City has a population 195 699 inhabitants. Kocaeli is an important industrial centre, with a large oil refinery, and major paper and cement industries. Specially manufacturing industry is improved at high level. Service sector has also important role in Kocaeli’s economy. City of Kocaeli is composed of one center district. This center consists of 2 lower level municipalities and every municipality has their own mayor which has a directly elected for 5 years. Kocaeli’s Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) covers an area of 1 455 km2 with a population of 577 932

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

CITYQUINTILES
Comparison with UA cities
LUZ
LowHigh
INDICATORSYEARSCORE5th4th3rd2nd1stCASES YEARSCORERatio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY  
    
Total resident population2004191,471
3422004601,3511:3.14
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.  
    
Percentage of households that are 1-person households20046%
15220015% 
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households  
    
Average size of households  
    
SOCIAL ASPECTS  
    
Average price per m2 for an apartment  
    
Average price per m2 for a house  
    
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings200159%
305200158%1:1
Percentage of households living in social housing  
    
Average living area in m2 per person  
    
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population20046.25
223   
ECONOMIC ASPECTS  
    
Unemployment rate200119%
30820019%1:0.47
Unemployment rate - female200130%
30720018%1:0.26
Employment rate  
    
Activity rate200441%
182200463%1:1.53
GDP per head (€)2001€6,831
296   
Median disposable annual household income(€)  
    
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income  
    
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT  
    
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections200474%
193   
TRAINING AND EDUCATION  
    
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4  
    
% 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  
    
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3200460
235   
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum20040.40
237   
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill2004100%
213   
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)  
    
Population density (residents per km2)  
    
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL  
    
Percentage of journeys to work by car  
    
Average time of journey to work (mins.)  
    

SUB CITY LEVEL

9 SUB-CITY DISTRICTSAverage Population: 21694Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORSYEARLOWESTCITY SCOREHIGHESTRATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY     
Percentage of total population aged 0-420016%8%10%1:1.72
Percentage of households that are 1-person households20012%6%9%1:4.06
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households     
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households     
Average size of households     
SOCIAL ASPECTS     
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities     
ECONOMIC ASPECTS     
Unemployment rate200114%19%25%1:1.74
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25200143%46%49%1:1.13
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)