“Part 1 Using the data in the table provided, what can you say about the ethnicity of the population in the national parks of England and Wales? (Word count 465) TMA 03 Part 2 Examine the argument that places can be a source of inclusion and exclusion for specific communities. (Word count 1078)”

As you can see table 1 (The Open University, 2013, p 23.) contains quantitative data  collected from the 2011 census – to tell us the ethnic make-up of the population of national parks in England and Wales. The different ethnicities are separated into 18 groups ranging from white British to Black African/Caribbean. From this table you can see that 94% of people who are on the census for the national parks are White British, compared to just .03% who are Black/African/Caribbean. This is a huge difference of 93.97%.

The South Downs National Park is a relatively new park, becoming fully operational in 2011. It is situated in West Sussex, south of London where there are a wide range of ethnic groups and a larger number of people. Northumberland National Park is situated in Hexham, north of Newcastle, where the number of people living is substantially smaller than those living in West …(short extract)