Westquarter, Falkirk

Population 1,187 Westquarter is in Falkirk. It is essentially a suburb of Falkirk. It was developed in the 1930s to house miners. Social and council housing are the norm in this type of small town. Manufacturing and construction are the dominant forms of employment. Health and social work services are particularly active. There is a higher level of unemployment. Educational attainment is low. Car ownership is low, meaning that many residents in these towns are reliant on public transport. Westquarter is a dependent to interdependent town. Its most similar towns are New Cumnock, Greengairs and Wattson, Patna, and Dalmellington and Burnton. To gain more insight into Westquarter, compare it to any of the other towns included in USP.

Inter-relationships

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Westquarter is a dependent to interdependent town. Combining inter-relationships and typology, Westquarter is grouped with 16 other towns. It has similarities to these towns in terms of the number of hospitals, children in secondary schools, GP's and dentists, and diversity of retail offer. It differs in terms of the number of children in primary schools, and public sector jobs. It also differs in the distance travelled to work, and the distance travelled to study. Westquarter differs most from its group in the number of jobs. Employment Public Commercial Social Average for the category

Change

Population change 2001 to 2011 Interim population change 2012-2016 -3%

Less than similar towns per head of population Less Population

Population 2011 1k 1k

Less than similar towns Age Household composition Car ownership

40% 40%

20 20

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Jobs 80

Less than similar towns per head of population Jobs change 2009 to 2014 12%

More than similar towns per head of population Employment type(% working full time vs part time aged 16-74)

75%

Part time Full time Occupation (% aged 16-74)

75%

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50%

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75%

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40%

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Education (% all people aged 16 and over)

60%

No education Standard grade Higher grade or HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher or equivalent equivalent degree Children in primary schools Children in secondary schools 197 197 More than similar towns per head of population The same Commuter Flow Map

Coloured and grey lines/pins show the main and smaller commuter flows, respectively, between this town and the other towns in Scotland.

Commercial

Number of people per shop 297

Less than similar towns per head of population More Social

Distance travelled to study 20%

At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over Number of residents per charity Amount of grant funding (£) 1k

More than similar towns per head of population More Connectivity and environment assets

Average download speed (MBs) Greenspace (hectares) per 1000 population 59

More than similar towns per head of population More Download

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