Exploring Segregation using neighbourhood patterns and geodemographics Dr Dan Vickers Social and Spatial Inequalities Group Department of Geography University of Sheffield d.vickers@sheffield.ac.uk
Contents Examining segregation using geodemographics Examining changing segregation using geodemographics Conclusions 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Examining Segregation using geodemographics
Output Area Classification All 223,060 output areas in the UK from the 2001 Census 41 variables representing each area Clustered into 7, 21 and 52 groups. More info: areaclassification.org.uk; statistics.gov.uk/about/methodology_by_theme/area_classification/ 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
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Dorling, D. & Rees, P. (2003), A nation still dividing: the British census and social polarisation 1971 – 2001, Environment and Planning A, volume 35, pages 1287 - 1313 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
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Percentage of output areas that would need to be moved to have the same distribution within each local authority 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Percentage of output areas that would need to be moved to have the same distribution within each local authority 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Percentage of output areas that would need to be moved to have the same distribution within each local authority 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Conclusions Clear differences in segregation using area classification Type of area Location of authority More segregated in extremes of urban and rural Mapping this seems to show a clear geography 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Examining changing segregation using geodemographics
Geodemographics over time Reduced variable list England and Wales only Similar, but not the same clusters 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Percentage change of output areas within local authorities that would have to move to create and equal distribution 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Percentage change of output areas within local authorities that would have to move to create and equal distribution 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Percentage of output areas that would need to be moved to have the same distribution within each local authority Percentage change of output areas within local authorities that would have to move to create and equal distribution 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield
Conclusions To be taken with a pinch of salt Some evidence of reducing segregation at this level Differs by geography and type Some types correcting differences; others becoming more segregated. 19/04/2019 © The University of Sheffield