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London has a smaller proportion of pensioners than the rest of England.

Pensioner poverty has fallen in London as elsewhere.

There are more poor pensioners in Outer London, although the poverty rate is higher in Inner London.

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London overall has a 'younger' population than the national average.

• There is a smaller proportion of older people than in the rest of England, especially in Inner London.

• There are proportionally more 25-34 year olds in London than in the rest of the country.

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The Inner East of London has grown the fastest of the five sub regions

• There are far fewer over 60s in the Inner East & South than in the Outer South of London.

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There is a strong correlation between occurrence of poor mental well-being and area deprivation.

• Adults in the most deprived areas are almost three times as likely to have low mental well-being as those in the least deprived areas.

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Half of under 25s earned less than the London Living Wage.

• From 25 to 55+, the risk of low pay does not decline with age.

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London has the highest rates of child, working-age and pensioner poverty of any English region.

• Child poverty has come down slightly in recent years but still remains very high at 37% of London's children.

• Working-age poverty has risen throughout the country, but Outer London has seen a bigger rise than anywhere.

• Pensioner poverty has fallen everywhere.

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Young adults aged under 25 account for 30% of all unemployed people in London.

• Although the unemployment rate is lower, the actual numbers of unemployed young adults is greater in Outer than Inner London.

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London is slightly below the national average for limiting longstanding illness and risk of mental illness.

• The proportion of adults who are obese is much lower in London (16%) compared with the England average (22%).

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At 45%, the proportion of pensioners receiving the guarantee part of Pension Credit in Tower Hamlets is twice the London average.

The highest _rates _of pension credit recipiency are all in Inner London.

However, there are larger _numbers _of pensioners claiming Pension Credit Guarantee in Outer London.

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