UK population to rise

Euphoria1z

In The Metro today.

"Uk population to rise by 20 million in the next 40 yrs".

Britains population will baloon by almost 20million people within 50yrs.

By 2051, britains population will stand at 78 million, up from 59 million in 2001, the report suggests.

House prices may slow down over the next decade, but surely will be shooting up after that if not enough new houses arent built.

System

Yeah, we know

treliac

Euphoria1z wrote: »

In The Metro today.

"Uk population to rise by 20 million in the next 40 yrs".

Britains population will baloon by almost 20million people within 50yrs.

By 2051, britains population will stand at 78 million, up from 59 million in 2001, the report suggests.

House prices may slow down over the next decade, but surely will be shooting up after that if not enough new houses arent built.

Not unless the growth in populaton is being driven by responsible people in strong financial positions who are able to buy. Somehow I doubt that's the likely scenario.

chucky

treliac wrote: »

Not unless the growth in populaton is being driven by responsible people in strong financial positions who are able to buy. Somehow I doubt that's the likely scenario.

He added: "At a regional level, ethnic minorities will shift out of deprived inner-city areas to more affluent areas

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/13/uk-population-growth-ethnic-minorities

an increasing population with less houses being built - interesting.........

purch

By 2051, britains population will stand at 78 million, up from 59 million in 2001

Between 1841 (15 mill) and 1891 (27 mill) the population rose 80% :eek:

...the 33% rise this implies pales by comparison.

treliac

purch wrote: »

Between 1841 (15 mill) and 1891 (27 mill) the population rose 80% :eek:

They must have been a good 50 years.

PasturesNew

purch wrote: »

Between 1841 (15 mill) and 1891 (27 mill) the population rose 80% :eek:

...the 33% rise this implies pales by comparison.

There was room for them then ... and less restrictive building rules. If you had a bit of land, you could build something on it I bet.

JonnyBravo

PasturesNew wrote: »

There was room for them then ... and less restrictive building rules. If you had a bit of land, you could build something on it I bet.

And just how many people do you think actually owned land then???
What proportion of the population?

michaels

Or they could just be immigrants with priority housing needs in which case they will be provided with housing, money no object.

treliac wrote: »

Not unless the growth in populaton is being driven by responsible people in strong financial positions who are able to buy. Somehow I doubt that's the likely scenario.

Procrastinator333

Euphoria1z wrote: »

In The Metro today.

"Uk population to rise by 20 million in the next 40 yrs".

Britains population will baloon by almost 20million people within 50yrs.

By 2051, britains population will stand at 78 million, up from 59 million in 2001, the report suggests.

House prices may slow down over the next decade, but surely will be shooting up after that if not enough new houses arent built.

I can't see it on there website - where is the link to this "report"

That is an increase of 500k per year. The last 3 years it has been closer to 400k and looking back past that it is a lot less. The trend is pointing down at the moment. So how do they get to 500k?

If there is some logical rational and explanation for this 500k number, fair enough, but it just seems like gibberish when looked at in context of the latest ONS data.

Euphoria1z

It was in todays metro (the paper).