Analyst Anthony Breach of Centre for Cities looks at urban demographics and the return to urban living, and the gap at 'middle housing' in cities

1. Urban demographics:
why people live where
they do
Anthony Breach
Centre for Cities
@antbreach

2. We have seen a return to urban living…

3. …particularly since the turn of the century…

4. …driven by students and young professionals

5. It varies across large cities
Source: Nomis 2015. Census 2011 and 2001

6. Not all city centres offer the benefit of city centre living

7. Jobs are likely to continue to cluster in our most
successful city centres…

8. …and this will affect where people choose to live in the future…

9. …which will increase competition for space
• Increasing housing costs for growing cities, unless…
– Cities learn from London’s mistakes
– Tackling a supply-side problem with supply-side solutions
– Higher density in the Centre
– Smart releases of low-quality green belt land in the North
• Other cities should improve the quality of housing stock
– In large cities density/walkability is still key

10. Missing Middle Housing

11. Alaisdair Rae’s Green Belt Maps

12. Alaisdair Rae’s Green Belt Maps

13. Anthony Breach
a.breach@centreforcities.org
020 7803 4306
@antbreach