Table 1.
Characteristics of the wider study areas in the five countries of the SPOTLIGHT survey
| Country | Study area | Neighbourhood characteristics according to each study area |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mean population | Mean surface (km2) | First tertile of income (in €)* | Third tertile of income (in €)* | ||
| Belgium† | Ghent and suburbs have around 400 000 inhabitants and cover 537 km² (ie, 464 neighbourhoods) | Statistical sectors | 946 | 1.4 | <22 034 | ≥24 351 |
| France‡ | Paris and first suburbs have a population of over 6 million inhabitants and cover 762 km² (ie, 2749 neighbourhoods) | Ilot Regroupé pour l'Information Statistique (IRIS) | 2411 | 0.3 | <17 290 | ≥25 236 |
| Hungary§ | Budapest and the 80 settlements surrounding the capital city have more than 2.5 million inhabitants and cover 2538 km² (ie, 1689 neighbourhoods) | 1 km2 grid using a GIS | 1817 | 1.0 | ≤3269 | ≥3955 |
| The Netherlands** | The Randstad (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) have a population of 7.1 million inhabitants and cover 3790 km² (ie, 2078 neighbourhoods) | Buurt | 2343 | 1.2 | <29 000 | ≥32 000 |
| UK†† | Greater London (including the City of London and 32 London boroughs) has a population of 8.1 million and covers 1572 km² (ie, 1649 neighbourhoods) | MSOA | 5607 | 3.6 | <46 888 | ≥55 474 |
*Income data from Hungary and the UK were converted to Euro.
GIS, Geographical Information System; MSOA, medium super output area.