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How well do you know where you live?

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MiceElf Mon 21-Jul-14 16:52:17

Here's a fascinating tool.

www.neighbourhoodstatistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc147/index.html

You type in your postcode and then answer a series of questions about your ward. I think you will be surprised, I thought I really knew my locality but only managed 60%. It's all based on information from the last census.

grannyactivist Mon 21-Jul-14 17:10:54

www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc147/index.html
Very interesting exercise MiceElf. smile

MiceElf Mon 21-Jul-14 17:22:22

Whoops, mised a dot. Thank you GA

MiceElf Mon 21-Jul-14 17:22:45

Missed. The heat is getting to me.

tanith Mon 21-Jul-14 17:28:19

I only scored 38% I guess I really don't know who I am living near.

glammanana Mon 21-Jul-14 17:38:36

Oh goodness me I only scored 58% totally wrong on homeowners and car owners hmm

granjura Mon 21-Jul-14 17:41:26

Where I live is not on the list LOL - but I know it inside out as I was born and bred here...

shysal Mon 21-Jul-14 17:47:33

48%, but I was pretty close with most answers, except the percentage of Christians where I was about 60% out! I was interested to note that the figure for Muslims was 0 (I guessed 6)

Nonu Mon 21-Jul-14 17:53:45

I got 17% and the remark
"Oh dear have you ever been to this area before?"
Er yes!
LOL

Kiora Mon 21-Jul-14 18:06:53

34% well at least I'm not a nosey neighbour. I know nowt or very little.

Galen Mon 21-Jul-14 18:07:42

30% I was the same with Muslims. I guessed 10 the answer is 0 I've only been here 36years

Nonu Mon 21-Jul-14 18:07:57

Me neither !
grin

GillT57 Mon 21-Jul-14 18:12:46

35% and 'oh dear have you been here before?' I have lived here for 23 years!!!

Nonu Mon 21-Jul-14 18:15:23

I have lived here for 20 years and my mother lived for here for nigh on 30 years !
Cheeky monkeys !
LOL again

thatbags Mon 21-Jul-14 18:25:21

I had a look for my mother's postcode because the quiz doesn't cover Scotland (why not, by the way?). I just said zero for all of the questions because I wanted to know what the questions were.

Why would I want to know such things about my neighbourhood?

The sort of things I want to know about the neighbourhood I live in are completely different from those things.

Ana Mon 21-Jul-14 18:31:19

35%. Why would I know how many people out of 100 say they're Christian? Or own their own car or van, or house?

I was closest on the age-related questions, but only because I know this area has a highish proportion of older/elderly residents...hmm

Lona Mon 21-Jul-14 18:33:17

I got 57%, just wrong on the religions hmm

merlotgran Mon 21-Jul-14 18:40:29

I only scored 37%. I clearly know bugger all very little about our village. hmm

Lilygran Mon 21-Jul-14 18:58:47

Great fun! Didn't do very well on this one. I think I might do better on the whole city than just this ward but thanks, MiceElf.

Nelliemoser Mon 21-Jul-14 19:14:14

All I get is a message from Talk Talk saying they can't find my location. They provide my broadband etc for heavens sake. What do they mean they can't find my location?

goldengirl Mon 21-Jul-14 19:49:45

I got a very low score but was quite near to being correct on some answers. In mitigation I don't think it includes the fact we have a university nearby - well that's my excuse smile

CeeCee Mon 21-Jul-14 22:51:48

I got 47% which I was pleased with as we only moved to Norfolk 2 months ago. smile

besottedgran Mon 21-Jul-14 23:01:21

Silly me.
I didn't realise it was only for England and Wales.
Must see if there is a similar site for Scotland.

merlotgran Mon 21-Jul-14 23:16:01

We're having great fun with this. DH even more pathetic than me. He only scored 29%

Will have to try it out on DD and DGSs tomorrow.

grumppa Mon 21-Jul-14 23:16:32

30%, and I've only lived here since 1975.