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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (exclusive of tidal water and foreshore), 6,556 acres.
Population Census 1921 9,123
Registrar General's Estimate 1928 (mid-year) 67,500
No. of structually separate dwellings (Census 1921) 1,871
No. of families (Census 1921) 1,957
Rateable value (mid-year 1928) £263,468
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,090
Occupations of Inhabitants.
The largest of the local occupations is building. Towards
the end of the year the rate of building of the Estate houses
slowed down, resulting in a large reduction in the number of
men employed. The year saw the opening of another factor
in the locality, and the long awaited hope of the establishmen:
of works for the manufacture of Ford cars is shortly to
materialise. The site is about 300 acres and it is anticipated
that when fully developed in about three year's time the factory
will give employment to some 15,000 men. Others works will
also probably develop here, and the district will change from
one in which most of the workers are occupied outside the
locality, to one which will probably attract outside labour.