Regional Policy - Inforegio
Urban Audit: City Profiles
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Wirral

Wirral or The Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough has a population of 313 000 in an area of 60 square miles (155 km²). It faces Liverpool over the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west. To the south it borders the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston, in Cheshire. (Provisinal text).

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

CITYQUINTILES
Comparison with UA cities
LUZ
LowHigh
INDICATORSYEARSCORE5th4th3rd2nd1stCASES YEARSCORERatio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY  
    
Total resident population2004313,100
34220041,365,9001:4.36
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.  
    
Percentage of households that are 1-person households200434%
152   
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households200410%
118   
Average size of households20042.28
173   
SOCIAL ASPECTS  
    
Average price per m2 for an apartment  
    
Average price per m2 for a house2004€2,000
1572004€1,9621:0.98
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings200488%
63   
Percentage of households living in social housing200416%
92   
Average living area in m2 per person  
    
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population  
    
ECONOMIC ASPECTS  
    
Unemployment rate20045%
15920046%1:1.20
Unemployment rate - female20045%
14720045%1:1.05
Employment rate200470%
157   
Activity rate200474%
182200468%1:0.93
GDP per head (€)  
    
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 elections200444%
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 education20040%
155   
% of working age population with tertiary education20040%
136   
ENVIRONMENT  
    
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m320041
212   
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m320040
235   
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum  
    
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill  
    
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)  
    
Population density (residents per km2)20041,423
26520041,6641:1.17
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL  
    
Percentage of journeys to work by car200173%
175   
Average time of journey to work (mins.)200118
177   

SUB CITY LEVEL

0 SUB-CITY DISTRICTSComparison of Sub-City Districts
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Percentage of total population aged 0-4     
Percentage of households that are 1-person households     
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 rate     
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25     
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)