Neighbourhood social sustainable development and spatial scale: a qualitative case study in Sweden

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic and socio-economic characteristics of the district and all urban districts in Umeå municipality.

Indicators	The District	Urban districts in Umeå municipality
	Mean	Mean (Range)
% of households with at least one adult with high education	21.1	28.2 (9.6 – 53.9)
% of households with at least one foreign-born member	29.7	9.0 (3.1 – 37.2)
% of households with welfare benefits	8.5	2.2 (0 – 16.5)
% of households with single-parent	11.2	6.4 (0.7 – 13.9)
% of households with children under 12 years	18.6	19.0 (1.8 – 39.4)
% of households with unemployment benefit	5.8	5.11 (1.2 – 14.4)
% of households with older pensioner	17.5	21.4 (0.3 – 39.6)
Mean disposable income (in thousand SEK)	2181	2239 (1039 – 3720)

Figure 1. Threats and promoters related to the conceptualisations of social sustainable development and spatial scales.