Given to Roger of Pictou after the Norman conquest;
Was a royal hunting forest from 1200 to 1500s under King John;
Liverpool became a major port during the Industrial Revolution, with Toxteth taking on forges, copper works and a ceramics factory and later a flour mill;
changed from small rural community to an inner city suburb.
Demography
87.7 persons per hectare;
75.5% of residents aged between 16 and 24;
78.6% white, 6.9% Black, 4.6% Asian.
Socio-economic profile
Number of people in average household size 1.9;
Owner-occupiers 24.0;
Rent from social landlord 34.2, rent from private landlord 39.3;
54.4% do not have access to a car;
9.4% live with bad or very bad health;
27.2% aged over 16 with no formal qualifications
Cultural face
More religiously diverse, with Islam, Judaism, Greek Orthodox and others practiced.
Political
Part of the Liverpool riverside parliamentary constituency (made up of 73000 constituents).
Built environment
Mosques and ethnic retailers are visual indicators of a changing place;
many buildings have changed their use and new ones have been constructed.
