Greenwich
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Points of note
There are points of note about Greenwich in the following indicators:
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
Borough profile
Greenwich lies south east of the city and is bounded by the London Boroughs of Bexley to the east, Bromley to the south and Lewisham to the west. Across the River Thames to the north lie Tower Hamlets and Newham.
The borough lies along the south bank of the River Thames between Deptford and Thamesmead, with the longest waterfront in London at 8 miles. Taking its name from the historic town of Greenwich, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the present borough was formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich with most of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Main town centres include Greenwich, Woolwich and Eltham. Although below the London average for open space, the borough has over 50 parks, including the Royal Greenwich Park (part of the World Heritage site). Greenwich is world famous as the location of the Prime Meridian. These factors mean that the borough is a major tourist destination.
However, Greenwich is also the 10th most deprived borough in London. Wards which include areas of extreme deprivation include Abbey Wood, Charlton, Eltham West, Glyndon, Greenwich West, Middle Park and Sutcliffe, Peninsula, Thameshead Moorings, Woolwich Common, Woolwich Riverside. These wards are concentrated along the waterfront wards, but with significant concentrations along the south of the borough as well.
To a large extent, the distribution of BME residents (who constitute around 26% of the borough’s 223,000 residents) follows the distribution of disadvantage, with the highest percentages of BME residents all in the north of the borough, in Woolwich Common (41.3%), Woolwich Riverside (35.6%), Glyndon (38%) and Plumstead (34.9%), although it should be pointed out that this is far from unique to Greenwich.
The next decade will be crucial for Greenwich. 2012 will see the borough host the London Olympics as well as become the UK’s fourth Royal Borough as part of the celebrations marking the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. These events have provided the impetus for mass regeneration projects across the Thames Gateway, including Greenwich, with Woolwich at the centre of many of the borough’s efforts. Other areas which are set to see improvement include the Peninsula, East Greenwich, South Greenwich, Kidbrooke, New Haddo, the Millennium Village and the urban village at Gallions Reach, where construction of 1,500 new dwellings has already begun.
Greenwich has an above average proprtion of working age adults receiving out of work benefits. Moreover, this rate has increased quite quickly since 2007, in line with its neighbours in the Outer East of London.
London Borough of Greenwich website
Comparisons
Compare Greenwich's overall performance against other boroughs
Indicators where Boroughs are compared:
- Attainment at Age 11 by borough
- Attainment at Age 16 by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Infant deaths by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by boroughh
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- Pay inequalities within London
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pensioners receiving the Pension Credit Guarantee
- Children in households receiving out-of-work benefits