Geography case studies - CSPM
Changing Spaces, Making Places
Places are multi-faceted, shaped by shifting flows and connections which change over time
Case study: Newlyn Case study: Salford Quays
→ Overview → Overview
Demographic → 4432 residents Demographic → 18,073 residents
→ Mean age 47.1 years (population has significantly
→ Ethnicity 98.2% white increased over recent years)
→ Average age 20-29
Socio economic → % Unemployed: 3.2 (2011) Ordsall
→ % Retired: 24.3 → Mainly white but has more
→ % Employed in diversity than Newlyn
accommodation and food
services: 10.5 Socio economic → Three primary schools, one
→ % Employed in agriculture, secondary, University of
forestry, and fishing: 4.9 Salford
→ Mean gross annual salary → 77.4% of population in
£26,788 (2015) employment (2019)
→ Average house price → 9.6 no qualifications in
£236,087 (2019) 2019
→ Households owned outright → 31.1% degree level and
or with a mortgage or loan: above
69.8% → £540.40 weekly pay
→ 27 street level crime
incidents in May 2020 Cultural → Lots of religions (mainly
→ Those who live in the town Christianity)
also work in the town and → Lowry Theatre & Art
socialise too Gallery, Media City, Salford
Lads’ and Girls’ Club, Sacred
Cultural → Close knit community, don’t Trinity Church, and Ordsall
like new people coming in to Hall & Museum
live there
→Heavily religious (mainly Political → Ordsall (ward) is an
Christianity) electoral ward of Salford
→Fishing culture (including Salford Quays)
→ Fundraising for the
Built → Modern
Christmas lights switch on
→ Heavily renovated
party begins almost as soon as
→ Mostly flats with some
Christmas has ended
terraced properties
→19% of houses had no usual
→ Construction sites,
residents – disrupts the
“concrete jungle”
community
Natural → 40 miles from coastline
Political → Newlyn is part of the
which is why the canal was
Penzance civil parish. Newlyn
built
returns five councillors to the
→ Closely follows
Penzance Town Council.
→Newlyn is part of the St Ives
Changing Spaces, Making Places
Places are multi-faceted, shaped by shifting flows and connections which change over time
Case study: Newlyn Case study: Salford Quays
→ Overview → Overview
Demographic → 4432 residents Demographic → 18,073 residents
→ Mean age 47.1 years (population has significantly
→ Ethnicity 98.2% white increased over recent years)
→ Average age 20-29
Socio economic → % Unemployed: 3.2 (2011) Ordsall
→ % Retired: 24.3 → Mainly white but has more
→ % Employed in diversity than Newlyn
accommodation and food
services: 10.5 Socio economic → Three primary schools, one
→ % Employed in agriculture, secondary, University of
forestry, and fishing: 4.9 Salford
→ Mean gross annual salary → 77.4% of population in
£26,788 (2015) employment (2019)
→ Average house price → 9.6 no qualifications in
£236,087 (2019) 2019
→ Households owned outright → 31.1% degree level and
or with a mortgage or loan: above
69.8% → £540.40 weekly pay
→ 27 street level crime
incidents in May 2020 Cultural → Lots of religions (mainly
→ Those who live in the town Christianity)
also work in the town and → Lowry Theatre & Art
socialise too Gallery, Media City, Salford
Lads’ and Girls’ Club, Sacred
Cultural → Close knit community, don’t Trinity Church, and Ordsall
like new people coming in to Hall & Museum
live there
→Heavily religious (mainly Political → Ordsall (ward) is an
Christianity) electoral ward of Salford
→Fishing culture (including Salford Quays)
→ Fundraising for the
Built → Modern
Christmas lights switch on
→ Heavily renovated
party begins almost as soon as
→ Mostly flats with some
Christmas has ended
terraced properties
→19% of houses had no usual
→ Construction sites,
residents – disrupts the
“concrete jungle”
community
Natural → 40 miles from coastline
Political → Newlyn is part of the
which is why the canal was
Penzance civil parish. Newlyn
built
returns five councillors to the
→ Closely follows
Penzance Town Council.
→Newlyn is part of the St Ives
