Understanding Scottish Places

Dundee, Dundee City

Population 147,345

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Dundee in Dundee City Council area is the town of jam, jute and journalism reflecting the importance of the port in importing jute, marmalade making and DC Thompson, the publishing magnate whose publications include the comic The Beano. Its strapline' City of Discovery' or now 'One City, Many Discoveries' spans its Antarctic explorations of the past and the biomedical research of the present. It is home to the new V&A gallery. It became UNESCO City of Design in 29014. The digital entertainment sector is a key industry and for the city.

In this, and similar cities, this population includes older people, some still in work often in less well paid sectors. It also includes a significant inactive population, some in poorer health. There is a higher proportion of single households and car ownership is lower.

Dundee is an interdependent to independent town.

Its most similar towns are Kirkcaldy and Dysart, and Paisley.

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Inter-relationships

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Interdependent
Independent

Number of jobs

6
Type average 5

Diversity of jobs

2
Type average 0

Distance travelled to work

6
Type average 5

Number of public sector jobs

0
Type average -1

Number of hospitals

0
Type average -2

Number of GP's and dentists

0
Type average 0

Number of children in primary schools

-2
Type average -1

Number of children in secondary schools

-4
Type average -3

Distance travelled to study

6
Type average 5

Number of shops

2
Type average 3

Diversity of retail offer

6
Type average 6

Number of charities

Type average -1
Dependent
Interdependent
Independent

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Public

Education (% all people aged 16 and over)

  No education Standard grade or equivalent Higher grade or equivalent HNC, HND, SVQ4 Degree or higher degree
Dundee 17.06796586 18.86213561 12.39168948 20.66999517 31.01062973

Commercial

Distance travelled to study

  At home Up to 5km 5 to 10km 10 to 30km 30km and over
Dundee 5.085343920730259 17.06267603244087 1.16936441684482 0.48661305100274865 0.3420543622111371

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