Demographic&economic characteristics

• What are demographic characteristics about?


  Who lives in a place and what they are like
• what do demographic factors include?


  age

  education level

  birth rates

  ethnicity
• How can demographic factors directly contribute to the character of places?


  EG many retire to seaside locations- higher proportion of elderly- characterisede as 'old' plaaces (old people feel like outsiders, young feel like insiders)
• What are economic characteristics?


  factors to do with work & money eg employment rates, income
• what do processes such as gentrification do?


  change the built environment, demographics and economics of places over time
• describe gentrification?


  Where wealthy people move into run-down areas and improve the housing
• How can economic factors directly contribute to character of places?

  eg places such as KENSINGTON have a high proportion of above average earners and LOW UNEMPLOYMENT and as such are characterised as wealthy