Council Flats

This group presents an extreme anomaly for Suffolk. There is only a single incidence of this group, based in Felixstowe. Although named “Council Flats”, the group is represented by high density Local Authority or Housing Association dwellings. The members of the group tend to have very low incomes, limited leisure opportunities, and very low life expectations.

 

In these areas, there tends to be a high demand for high-risk consumer credit. This reflects the relatively large numbers of the unemployed, pensioners, long-term sick, and single parents who live in these areas. Few members of the group have educational qualifications and mobility is impaired by the lack of a car.

 

Despite many attempts to improve these areas, they still tend to suffer from high levels of crime and vandalism, which many hold as a reflection of the high levels of financial poverty in these areas.

 

The Tribe has only one sub-group in Suffolk - Small Town Industry - which comprises of the blue collar manual grades working at the Port of Felixstowe. As a sub-group, they show a preference for televised sport shown over the Satellite Channels and show an antipathy for Internet Shopping and Mobile Phones.

 

As a Tribe, the fate of the sub-group is closely linked with the fortunes of the Port of Felixstowe. As the Port expanded during the period 1980 to 2000, so did the sub-group. As the Port is set to expand to 2020, so will the numbers of those belonging to this group. However, given their relative geographical isolation, and given their relative low numbers, this group is unlikely to be a force in the Suffolk economy to 2020, unless there is industrial disruption at the Port, the like of which we have never seen. This is a remote possibility, and is the closest that we are likely to come to a critical uncertainty for this group.

 
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LOCATION

 

In Suffolk, the Council Flats are the primary Tribe in the following Post Code Sectors:

IP1103.

In Suffolk, the Council Flats are the secondary Tribe in no Post Code Sectors.