Identify And Explain The Difference Between Fishwick And Longton

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There are key differences in the characteristics between the rural settlement and the inner city. Many factors such as ethnicity, age structure, housing, employment, provision of services and wealth have a substantial effect on the well being of the community and the social welfare of these areas. The inner city is the area surrounding the central business district which is called Fishwick, the rural part of Preston is Longton. The first distinct contrast between Fishwick and Longton is the housing. The percentage of privately owned housing in Fishwick is 60.5 and in Longton it is 92.7. This shows that a large percentage of housing in the inner city area is government owned housing; this suggests that residents in the inner city are less wealthy than residents in the rural settlement and therefore rely on…show more content…
In Fishwick just over half of its residents own at least one car, this is a staggering comparison with 88.5 percent of Longton’s residents owning at least one car, this shows the difference in wealth between the two places and the difference in ease of access. Longton contrasts with Fishwick as Longton is very wealthy with a high percentage employed in the professional sector but many of Longton’s residents are forced to travel to work as jobs are not locally available around the area, in this sense Longton is quite isolated when compared with Fishwick and this can effect social wellbeing as the difficulty for some residents to reach the centre and services can be a problem. The level of education can also affect the welfare of people living in these areas, Fishwick naturally has the lowest levels of education and this has a negative effect on wages and contributes to the lower levels of wealth throughout which leads on to problems such as increased debt, less spending money for entertainment and leisure. These negative things can lead on to health issues such as
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