[2], In April 2020, the Centre for Cities thinktank identified Crawley as the place in Britain at the highest risk of widespread job losses due to the coronavirus' effect on the economy; classing 56% of jobs in the town as either vulnerable or very vulnerable of being furloughed or lost. [187] Crawley Hockey Club plays their home matches at Hazelwick School, Three Bridges. [29] In 1891, a racecourse was opened on farmland at Gatwick. In 1958 the companies reached an agreement which allowed them both to provide services in all parts of the town. The absolute record for Gatwick is the aforementioned 36.4C. The nation is diversifying even faster than predicted - Brookings Crawley saw the South East's joint third-largest percentage-point rise (alongside Dartford) in the proportion of people who were economically inactive because they were looking after their family or home (from 4.5% in 2011 to 5.4% in 2021). 0000004470 00000 n
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The population reached 4,433 in 1901, compared to 1,357 a century earlier. They allow for fairer comparisons between populations over time and across geographies, as they account for differences in the population size and age structure. [179] It was used during the Second World War as an RAF base, and returned to civil use in 1946. [33] The neighbourhoods would consist mainly of three-bedroom family homes, with a number of smaller and larger properties. [215] The newspaper is now owned by Johnston Press. Those respondents who were on furlough because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were asked to classify themselves as "temporarily away from work" to ensure they remained in the economically active population. This was about 12% of all the recorded Crawley's in USA. Around 14% have a qualification at level 4 or above, compared to 20% nationally. It features a central cross on a shield, representing the town's location at the meeting point of northsouth and eastwest roads. The area was joined to the railway network in the mid-19th century; and since the creation of the new town, there have been major road upgrades (including a motorway link), a guided bus transit system and the establishment of an airport which has become one of Britain's largest and busiest. [184] The women's football club, Crawley Wasps F.C., plays in the FA Women's National League South, the third tier of women's football. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. The figure has risen from just over 82,500 in 2011, which at the time represented 77.4% of Crawley's population. Most of these were opened in 2004; others changed their status at this date (for example, from a middle to a junior school). [221] The station, now owned by Global Radio, broadcasts as Heart South from Brighton, with the studios in Kelvin Way in Crawley closed in August 2010. Building work continued throughout the 1950s in West Green, Northgate and Three Bridges, and later in Langley Green, Pound Hill and Ifield. [7] Ironworking and mineral extraction continued throughout Roman times, particularly in the Broadfield area where many furnaces were built. The decrease in the proportion of residents who were identified as being disabled and limited a lot in Crawley (1.1 percentage points) was similar to the decrease across the South East (1.0 percentage points, from 7.2% to 6.2%). Crawley lies within the Sussex Weald, an area of highly variable terrain so that many microclimates of frost hollows, sun traps and windswept hilltops will be encountered over a short distance. The authority's boundaries were extended in 1983 to accommodate the Bewbush and Broadfield neighbourhoods. Crawley railway station was moved eastwards towards the new development. Read the bulletin Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021. 0000004509 00000 n
Opened as Lyons Crossing Halt on 1 June 1907 to serve the village of Ifield, it was soon renamed Ifield Halt, dropping the "Halt" suffix in 1930.