• Delia Smith – born in Woking in 1941, is a best selling cook
• Matt Willis – One of the founding members of Busted, winner of I’m a Celebrity… in 2006. He lived in Woking and also attended Woking High School.
• The Spice Girls –famous songs include ‘spice up your life’ pop group – they began their career in Knaphill
• Harry Hill – born in Woking in 1964 and is a comedian
• Peter Davison – Attended The Winston Churchill School in Woking. He is an actor known for his role in Doctor Who
• Bruce Foxton – Born there in 1955 bass player with The Jam,
• Liam Payne – One Direction, just bought a house there
• Sean Lock – born in Woking in 1963 and is a comedian
• James Cracknell – Olympic rower, from Pyrford
• Woking has a new housing strategy which is focusing on four housing objectives
• – Proving well designed homes that are affordable and accessible
• – helping people with their housing needs and preventing homelessness
• -helping people to be able to choose and have their independence
• -improving the existing housing standard and quality of management
• Age structure
•19% aged 14 or under
•66% aged between 15 and 64
•15% aged 65 or over
•Major corporates in the area: Maclaren, Petrofac, SAB Miller, Cap Gemini and Mustang Engineering.
• 51% of workers in managerial, professional and technical occupations which is 10% above the average for the UK
• Since 2001, Woking’s population size has increased by 10.4% which is faster than Surrey, South East and England, making it one of the fastest growing boroughs.
• 74.23% of households in Woking have one or two cars
• 80.12% of people living in Woking were born in the UK
• 57.79% of people in Woking travel to work by car with 15.9 by train and 8.9% walk. Woking is greener than Surrey and the South East.
• 75.36% of people in Woking are economically active, making Woking the second highest percentage of economically active people in the country.
• Based on the 2011 Census, Woking’s population has increased by 10.4% since 2001 as there are now 99,198 people living there.
• Enterprise in Woking has been growing. In 2009, it was 4,645 and in 2013 it has increased to 4975 enterprises.
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