Hounslow
Poverty and inequality data for Hounslow
Overview
Hounslow is a west Outer London borough which performs close to the London average on most indicators. Unemployment, income inequality, poverty, infant mortality, affordable housing and homelessness acceptances in Hounslow are all close to the middle of the range for London boroughs. Low pay is slightly higher than the London average though: 25.3% of Hounslow's working residents do not earn the Living Wage, compared to 21% of working Londoners.
The rankings below show how Hounslow is performing on key poverty and inequality indicators, in comparison with all 32 London boroughs. The first section gives a snapshot from the latest data: the deeper the red, the worse the problem; those coloured green are in the top half of London boroughs, which are performing better.
The circles show whether the issue is getting better or worse in comparison to previous period. Where there is no change, the circle is orange. Where there is no comparative data, the circle is grey.
Hounslow ranking on key indicators
Hounslow indicator rankings over time
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More working households in London are in poverty than they were a decade ago. The number of adult Londoners in poverty from working families rose from 566,000 to 833,000 between 2005/06 and 2015/16 (a 47% rise). For children, the increase was 303,000 to 477,000 (a 57% rise). pic.twitter.com/gjNTJMVdwQ
23 Apr 2018London’s population is younger than the rest of England’s. London has a lower proportion of people in every age bracket above 45 years than the rest of England. pic.twitter.com/DWQ3g0Gvv8
22 Apr 2018Teenagers are the group who are most likely to be leaving Outer London. pic.twitter.com/JBvdqUKKHl
21 Apr 2018More people moved into than out of London every year since 2004/5. But the main driver of London’s population growth is its birth rate being higher than its death rate pic.twitter.com/H4zfLrooIg
20 Apr 2018New @centreforlondon report finds 70% of Londoners have lived here for 10+ years. More on London’s population at: http://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/londons-population-country-birth …
19 Apr 2018