Hillingdon

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Borough profile

The outer London borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost borough in the city. Hillingdon was formed in 1965 from the Municipal borough of Uxbridge, Hayes and Harlington Urban District, Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District of Middlesex. The borough stretches from the Buckinghamshire border in the north to Heathrow Airport in the south and is a key gateway into West London. At 45 square miles, it is the second biggest borough in London following Bromley, of which over half is green or open space, since much of the borough is within the Green Belt. The borough is home to Brunel University, the largest RAF airport at RAF Northolt and, of course, London Heathrow Airport, the largest and busiest airport in the UK.

Hillingdon’s population growth follows a slightly different pattern to other Outer London boroughs, in that it mainly occurred in the twentieth century following the establishment of Heathrow as opposed to the nineteenth century boom with the spread of the railways. Recent estimates put Hillingdon’s population at 250,000 and its population density at 21 persons per hectare, which is less than half of the Greater London average. However, this population density varies from 4.3pph in Heathrow Villages in the south-west corner of the borough and 4.7pph in Harefield in the north-west corner to 55.8pph in Cavendish and 55.3pph in Barnhill, both on the east side of the borough. While the proportion of the population from non-white British ethnic groups is below the outer London average, the more densely populated east, in particular, is home to a diverse range of people and communities, with significantly greater concentrations of people from minority ethnic backgrounds resident in wards around Hayes. Major ethnic minority groups include Indian (10.1%), White Other (5%) and Black-African (3.4%) In addition, the presence of the airport means that the borough looks after a high number of children seeking asylum in the UK.

The presence of Heathrow means that there are over 150,000 people working in Hillingdon. Many of these are working in low-skilled jobs paid less than the living wage.

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