I have found a remarkably interesting government website (www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk); I applaud the government for finally getting a web project working well, even if it is unlikely to really provide a useful service to many people. This website allows inputting your postcode and viewing a whole host of data relating your postal area and city, the data covers many different topics from crime and health care to deprivation and economic data.
Among many other useful facts I found that almost a 1/3 of Wales has no qualifications, this I found it be a shockingly high number, maybe I am over optimistic about British education standards, but I thought we could do better than educating 2/3 of our population.
I also discovered that over 50% of my local area is rented accommodation; I do live in a student area so this is to be expected really. The thing that bothers me about it is how few people’s hands all this money must be falling into, but I suppose that’s just the kind of world we live in.
You should really check this website out, I haven’t really managed to make it sound like the best read ever, but I think it’s defiantly worth a look in a spare 10 minutes.