Southwark
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Points of note
There are points of note about Southwark in the following indicators:
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Infant deaths by borough
- Underage conception by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
Borough profile
The Inner London borough of Southwark lies to the south east of the city and is bordered by Lewisham to the east, Bromley to the south, "Lambeth"http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/boroughs/lambeth/ to the west and the City of London and Tower Hamlets to the north. The River Thames forms the boundary with the latter two. Southwark was formed in 1965 from the former Metropolitan boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey. The borough contains many of London’s key tourist attractions, including the Tower Bridge, Millennium Bridge and London Bridge, Borough Market, the Imperial War Museum and the Tate Modern. It contains both densely populated urban areas to the north and leafier suburbs to the south.
Like many other London boroughs, Southwark saw rapid population expansion in the nineteenth century following the spread of the railways proceeded by decline in the twentieth century due to slum clearance programmes and industrial decline – in this case, the closing of the docks in 1970. What distinguishes the borough is the magnitude of this pattern. From a staggering 580,000 persons in 1900, Southwark’s population fell to around 200,000 in 1980. However, while the borough will probably never be as large again, the last 20 years saw the population creep up steadily, due to natural growth as well as net migration, and today the borough has a population of 274,400. At 95.1 persons per hectare, Southwark has a population density about twice the London average.
Today, Southwark’s population is ethnically diverse, with a high proportion of Black Africans (12.7%, concentrated in Peckham, Liversey, Foundry, Camberwell Green) and Black Carribeans (6.6%, concentrated in Peckham, Nunhead, the Lane and Camberwell Green) compared to both the national and London average. The White British population, who make up around 52.6% of the borough’s population, are concentrated around Southwark Village, Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, South Bermondsey and Riverside.
Southwark is one of the most "improved" boroughs in London, when it comes to the proportion of people receiving out of work benefits. In 2002, it had the fifth highest rate of recipiency in London. By 2009, it was 13th.
LB Southwark council website
Comparisons
Compare Southwark'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