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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA,
Area (in acres) 6,556
Local estimate of resident population (mid-year) 94,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1932) according to
Rate Books 19,952
Rateable value (Dec. 31st, 1932) £426,039
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated 1932-33) £1,66®
Social Conditions of Inhabitants.
At the time of the taking of the Census, the proportion of
males who worked within 5 miles of the centre of the estate was
just under one-third; of those employed at a distance of 5 to 10
miles, one-third: of those at 10 to 15 miles, just one third-third:
and one per cent. worked at a distance of 15 to 20 miles. Of the
females employed, 45 per cent. worked at a distance within 5 miles
of the centre, the remainder being equally divided between the
distances of 5 to 10 miles and 10 to 15 miles. From the
distances of the residences of these employees from their places of
work, it appeared that one-twelfth would benefit by transfer to
some other of the London County Council's housing estates—this
is excluding consideration of those persons engaged in trades such
as building or roadmaking, where the place of work is naturally
subject to rapid change.
The following is a list of the types of employment on which
most are engaged, the figures roughly representing the percentage
number of males and females so occupied:—
Male. Female.
Manufactures of all kinds 36 87
Transport and communication 25
Clerks and draughtsmen 8
Commerce, finance and insurance, including
shop assistants but excluding clerks 7
Personal service 3
The building industry is probably that in which locally there
is relatively the most unemployment. This would possibly be due
to large numbers coming here at the time the estate was being
erected, there being less demand for their services now as a result
of the slower rate of development.