An @ONS interactive graphic - Population increased in #1961 #rural districts - Explore 1961 area population size compared with #2011 (1961 boundaries)

Text from source post "the cities of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol - Of those six urban centres, five also saw the biggest reductions in the proportion of the population of England and Wales they were home to between censuses. The city of Birmingham, as it was defined in 1961, went from housing 2.4% of the population to 1.7%. Places that saw an increase in population proportion between censuses were generally areas that in 1961 were classed as rural districts. As cities spread, people moved and the New Towns were built, some of these previously rural districts became more urbanised." Source = this @ONS post

An @ONS interactive graphic - Population has aged in most areas of England and Wales - Explore 1961 areas by population age bands compared with 2011

Text from source post "The population aged and rural areas became more urbanised. Between 1961 and 2011, the population increased and became proportionally older. This was a result of increased life expectancy and declining birth rates." Source = this @ONS post

An @ONS interactive graphic - Explore home ownership changes by area (Tenure type by local area in England and Wales in 1961 and 2011, 1961 boundaries)

Text from source post "More people owned a #home in #2011 than 50 years before. Renting was the norm for most households in 1961. Only 42% of households owned their own home, and in several areas of central London, home ownership was lower than 10%. By the time of the 2011 Census, 50 years on, home ownership had risen to 64%. The lowest home ownership was still in London areas, as they existed geographically in 1961, the very lowest being in the area that was the 1961 metropolitan borough of Shoreditch, at 16%." source = this ONS post

An interactive @ONS graphic - People are #marrying and #divorcing more in older age groups (Legal partnerships by age group, 1961 and 2011)

Text from source post "Divorce has risen tenfold and fewer people are married. At the time of the 1961 Census, 68% of people aged 16 years and over were married and 0.8% were divorced. In the 2011 Census, this had changed to 49% of people aged 16 years and over married or in a same-sex civil partnership, and 9% divorced or in a legally dissolved civil partnership." Source = this ONS post

170 years of industrial #change across #england & wales

Infographic by Office for National Statistics (ONS)

inter-ethnic #relationships

what is corruption

2011 Corruption Perceptions Index

12:19 02/12/2011 The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of corruption in the public sector. A larger number corresponds to the lower corruption level in the country.>>

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submarine cable map & infographic on their capacity

at this http://www.submarinecablemap.com/ site

plus a post (from the atlantic) on how they were (are?) tapped

plus an infographic on their capacity

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2011 in 60 seconds

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