boyfriday Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Following on from another thread where the question of Britain's future secularity was being debated, the Office for National Statistics have produced an interactive map, showing the ethnic mix of the large conurbations. Whilst a few areas have large numbers of non white faces, the overwhelming majority of Britain describes itself as 'white, British'. Sheffield has a population of 547,000. 86% describe themselves as white. Asians account for 7% Black British 2.5% Mixed 2% Chinese 1.3% The map can be clicked on to see the ethnic mix in other areas. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/may/19/ethnic-breakdown-england-wales?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Following on from another thread where the question of Britain's future secularity was being debated, the Office for National Statistics have produced an interactive map, showing the ethnic mix of the large conurbations. Whilst a few areas have large numbers of non white faces, the overwhelming majority of Britain describes itself as 'white, British'. Sheffield has a population of 547,000. 86% describe themselves as white. Asians account for 7% Black British 2.5% Mixed 2% Chinese 1.3% The map can be clicked on to see the ethnic mix in other areas. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/may/19/ethnic-breakdown-england-wales?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Why did they use different shades of red instead of different colours. I suspect paranoid PCism at work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Why did they use different shades of red instead of different colours. I suspect paranoid PCism at work! LOL, red? Looks all brown to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Interesting that good old Barnsley, one of the whitest areas of the country, with 96% of the population describing themselves as such, have such a large fanbase for the BNP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114owl1867 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 whats wrong with good old fashioned black and white ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 whats wrong with good old fashioned black and white ? Nothing, but it doesn't sell many television sets these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElasticMan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Why did they use different shades of red instead of different colours. I suspect paranoid PCism at work! The shades represent the proportion of the population which is described as white british - the darker the colour the higher proportion. Its just good design practice - far better than using random colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 The shades represent the proportion of the population which is described as white british - the darker the colour the higher proportion. Its just good design practice - far better than using random colours. It doesn't highlight the differences very well though. I guess the range just isn't wide enough, one should be off white and the last should be off black. It all looks like one colour at first I guess its aesthetics versus factual information. It looks better in the same colour but shows the difference better with different colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 whats wrong with good old fashioned black and white ? Does it really matter what colour the map is shaded? It could have been blue, green or purple. The important thing is the information is accessible and easy to understand. Posting at the same time, but I agree with ElasticMan's point about it being good design practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 I LOVE Sheffielders..I never thought this thread would degenerate into an argument about the design features of the map, rather than the information it was highlighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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