This document provides a detailed analysis of demographic statistics for different areas of Malmo, Sweden. It analyzes and compares the city center, outskirts, and specific townships like Vastra Hamnen, Rosengaard, and Hyllie. The analysis finds contrasts between areas in factors like average age, income, unemployment, household size, and rate of cultural diversity. It also discusses the challenges and opportunities for connecting residents across areas and releasing human potential through community activities that bring people together and foster exchange of ideas.
Demographic analysis reveals contrasts and connections between Malmo city centre and outskirts
1. A further analysis of the statistics material
This is a further analysis of the demographic sta-
tistic mapping. I have dragged out the essense of
what these statistic tells. This helps me under-
stand the situations in the city of Malmö. These
findings is the background for my project zoomed
in.
What conclusions can me made, and what will be my
focus?
2. The first analyse In this area (the city centre)of Malmo we
malmö
find an significant amount of people living
- the big picture analysisis alone, in highrise apartments.
centre
The average age is quit low, and this tells
that there is a lot students living here.
Beside students there is also an increasing
outskirts amount of first time establishers inkl.young
families and older people (which number of,
is decreasing).
The income here is general lower than in
I find the city centre
the outskirts of the city.
and a the outskirt zone
almost like an contradiction
Here you can find the biggest cultural mix
,or maybe an natural continuance
in the city, the diversity of different
.
of eachother. There are a few
nations represented are enormous.
contrasts,but the continuance
of eachother might be proved
A lot of people are moving to and from this
with the fact that, in the area
area. These days there is actually more
of education there is just as
people moving from, than moving to in a
much higher educated people in
certain area of the city.
the centre than in a part of
the outher sone. This part got
The unemployment is bigger here and on the
an average higher income than
overlap to the outher zone than in the rest
the rest of the city, and the
of the city.
average inhabitant is older than
the rest of the city.Here is also
a lot more villas and big space. In the outskirts people live more than two
So this might be the place where persons together. Her you can find the big
highly educated move when they families, the villas and the gardens
establish as older, with bigger
families or with a bigger bank The average age is older than in the centre
account....?Another way this can
be seen, is that most people move Here is less unemployment, and the average
away from the areas with highest income is higher here than in the centre.
amount of rentables, and there is The people in this area is in general more
an increasing number of inhabitants established and the change of people
in the area where people living here does not happen as fast as in
at most own their houses. the centre.
3. The second analysis
cl Th - the analysis of different townships
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social grouping What if the people of the city and
Alienation the properties of the different
big sosial differences townships got a bit more “mixed”?
preconsemptions
high crime rate Malmo is always presented through a division
gentrification of townships. Each are so different from each
other that they easily can be labeled.
4. This area is special
because of its industrial
The third analysis
- some areas distinguish
history, and as a strong
symbol of malmos identity.
The yard is gone, so is the Vastra Hamnen(area in township)
kockum kran (the manifest-
ation of malmos identity).
The identityis in trouble.
This area is in the prossess
of renew itself,and the result
is yet to see.Can this area
again function Malmos pride
and become a credible symbol Rosengaard(township)
of the city and its inhabitants?
The situation is now that this
area is first of all a settlement
for wealthy inhabitants,
with an average income,
double of the city average.
At the same time it is focused as
an education area and a park area.
Rosengaard is an area
that have som bad
connotations connected
to its name. It is caracterised
as a troublesome area with
Hyllie (township and
social problems. This is the
a zone extended)
township where most people
move out and a lot fewer in. Inn addition to a township, I also look at Hyllie as a
The income and higher education gateway. This area, and the area are streching out
is on its lowest. 60 % of the towards the bridge on the westside, south and south east.
ihabitants are multicultural,which Folkeveksten is big and happen fast, bigger developing
is very high in contrary to the projects are planned and the citytunnel will have a big
other townships. station here. The sporvogn tram will probably also have two
Rosengaard is sometimes caracterised lines through this area. The density of housing will increase
as a parallell society. fast. The marked area got a high amount of multicultural
inhabitants, but the area streched out west, got the lowest
number of nations and multicultural represented.
5. -the power of people connecting
A functional mixed society,not just a visible one
Meetings cross culture,age,social layers
Room for the individ, and the personal expression
Communication, engagement and exchange of ideas and knowledge
Participation
A feeling of acceptance
How I see it A feeling of beeing included
These three spots got their A feeling of making a difference
own individual challenges in A feeling of having a homeplace, local attachment and Identity
the present and the future. A livable and sustainable society
The contrast between the areas Greater toleranse
are big, but areas and areas Fight preconseptions
inbetween will be more dense.
The way these areas are develop
will have a great impact on how this
tools can I achieve
Malmo is going to become. How, and with which
I will work in the three different Create common grounds which is inviting to all, by let the activities
sones as my first step,then in be the invitation
the next step try to connect these Activities as a way to meet others
Activities as a way to start conversations and communication on
three spots in a huger scale.
multiple levels
I believe that a huge diversity
Activities as a way to cooperate,
of human beeings is an enormous
Activities as a reason to exchange hidden knowledge
potential. This potential can
Activities as a way of expression
develope to become almost everyting.
Activities as a way to create good and safe
It is difficult in the everydaylife
neighborhoods
to find channels for all this
Good neighborhoods as a reason for people to
hidden potential to be released
stay in the city
Networking as a force to change and have a sustainable
I think that the best place to start impact on the society at large
is in human relations, in your
local community.