Haringey

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Borough profile

The inner London borough of Haringey is situated due north of the city and is bordered by Enfield to the north, Waltham Forest and Hackney to the east, Islington and Camden to the sout and Barnet to the west. The borough was formed in 1965 out of the municipal boroughs of Hornsey, Wood Green and Tottenham. The principal shopping areas in the borough are Wood Green and Turnpike Lane, Muswell Hill, Crouch End, and Harringey.

From a population high of around 300,000 in 1930, Haringey saw marked population decline throughout most of the twentieth century, until the 1991 census recorded the first increase in over 50 years. The population grew by 8.6% between 1991 and 2006, bringing the population to around 225,000. With 11 square miles, Haringey is now one of the more dense London suburbs, although this varies across the borough, with 600 acres of parks (including ancient parks such as Highgate Woods), recreation grounds and open spaces making up more than 25% of the total area. There is far higher population density towards the east of the borough in Bruce Grove, Tottenham Hale, St Ann’s and Seven Sisters.

Haringey is notable for its ethnic diversity. The borough ranks as the 5th most diverse borough in London, with just less than half of the residents from a White British background (47.6%), followed by White-Other (14.1%), Carribean (8.3%) and African (9.1%.) However, recent data points to a reduction in the White-Other, White Irish, Carribean and Black Other population proportions, with significant increases in Pakistani, Chinese, Other Ethnicity and mixed White and Asian categories. Ethnic groups are unevenly distributed across the borough, with Black and Turkish populations concentrated in the east of the borough in Northumberland Park, Tottenham Hale and (particularly Turkish) in West Green; the White population spread throughout the borough but heavily concentrated towards the west; and Cypriot populations consituting a kind of band through the middle, with a large presence in Bounds Green, Wood Side, White Hart, Noel Park, West Green and Haringey.

Haringey is the most unequal borough in London, with over half of its wards being either very rich or very poor. Northumberland Park, a ward in the East, has the highest proportion of working age adults claiming out of work benfits of any ward in London. Overall, however, it is only the ninth most deprived borough in the capital.

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