what is place - Lympstone

• how many people live here?

  1,754
• demographics facts


  - strong sense of community

  - ethnically homogeneous > 99% white

  - very few urban centres > less migration
• what is the population density

  16.6
• what % of residents are 65+

  24.6%
• socio-economic overview?


  > well funded schools

  > 30% have managerial positions

  > knowledge economy beginning

  > 45% have skilled songs

  > exeter uni provides <3000 jobs, worth over £540 mill to local community
• cultural overview


  > dormitory settlement

  > christian community

  > ethnically homogeneous
• political overview


  > parish council (local issues like road maintenance)

  > part of an area that elects 2 district councillors and one county councillor
• built environment overview


  > built to house tourists

  > arrival of a railway in 1861 improved connectivity both regionally and nationally. fish could be sold to a wider market as less time to transport eg TSC

  > many listed buildings from 19th cent

  > strict planning rules in heart and of village to preserve the built environment history
• natural environment overview?


  river Exe

  beach brought lots of tourist

  trading port in the 13th cent

  used a lots for fishing in the 19th cent
• how have shifting flows shaped lympstone?

  > over 1/3 of employed residents in managerial positions. Positive impact of knowledge economy

  > uni of exeter has provided major employment

  > large amounts of students/ workers commute to study and work
• how has money and investment shaped lympstone?

  knowledge economy

  > met office moved to exeter and boosted economy and earnings to afford houses over £400000

  > tourism revenue allowed for developing infrastructure