Which London boroughs have higher levels of poverty? How does the picture of inequality differ across boroughs?
Poverty rates for individual boroughs are not statistically reliable enough to be able to compare meaningfully with each other borough, even after adding up reponses for five survey years as we have here.
But we can say which boroughs have broadly higher – and lower – levels of poverty, compared to the rest of London.
Several Inner London boroughs, and boroughs in the North and East of the city, have higher levels of poverty. Boroughs with lower levels of poverty are more often on the outskirts of the city - particularly in the South West.
Camden, Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Brent, Ealing and Enfield, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Wandsworth all have poverty rates higher than the London average.
Croydon, Harrow, Sutton, Kingston upon Thames, Southwark, Bexley, Islington, Hammersmith and Fulham, Havering, Bromley, Merton and Richmond upon Thames have poverty rates lower than the London average
How does this compare to the rest of the country?
London has one of the highest poverty rates in the country - with one in four Londoners living in poverty. Although poverty varies across the city, half of boroughs also have higher levels of poverty than England as a whole.
In total, 16 out of 32 have higher levels of poverty than the England average. Only three have lower – Bromley, Merton and Richmond.
Camden, Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Brent, Ealing and Enfield, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Wandsworth, Hounslow. Lewisham, Hackney, Barnet, Greenwich and Hillingdon all have significantly higher levels of poverty compared to England as a whole.
Bromley, Merton, and Richmond have below average levels of poverty compared to England as a whole.
Each borough also has different dimensions to consider when looking at inequality.
Explore poverty and inequality for all of London's boroughs.
