London’s Poverty Profile
Benefits & welfare reform Demography Education Health Homelessness Housing Inequality Low income Low pay Work & Worklessness
Children Disabled People Ethnicity Migrants Pensioners Women Working-age adults Young adults
Borough Overview Barking & Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Children

Key findings

37%

of London's children live below the poverty line. This is a higher proportion than any other age group.

82%

of London's homeless households in temporary accommodation contain children. This equates to 45,000 children.

Pupils

in London's state-funded schools outperform their peers in the rest of England.

Children: indicators

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Data

Overall Benefit Cap

Data

GCSE attainment over time

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GCSE attainment and disadvantage

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GCSE attainment and demography

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Temporary accommodation over time

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Poverty by age

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