Low-paid jobs by sub-region

The total number of people paid under £7.50 per hour by place of work

What does this graph show?

What is most surprising about this graph is the high proportion - around one quarter - of low-paid jobs that are in Inner West London. The map did not highlight this sub-region as having a particularly high proportion of low paid work; it does, though, have a large number of jobs. To illustrate this point, there are about 490,000 jobs in Westminster alone, more than in all of the boroughs of Outer East & North East London combined. So only a small proportion of these jobs being low paid still adds up to a large total.

Similarly, the high number of low-paid jobs in Outer West & North West London is largely because of the number of jobs – more than 170,000 – in Hillingdon, many of which are connected with Heathrow airport. Again, Hillingdon had a below-average proportion of low-paid jobs, but the volume of jobs in the borough means that it has a large share of all low-paid jobs in London.

Overall, about one in six low-paying jobs are in the Inner East & South, and another one in four in the Inner West, meaning that around two fifths of all low-paying jobs are in Inner London.

Additional Information

One important aspect of low pay is how it varies by age. Young people, both in London and across the country, are far more likely to be low paid than older employees. The proportion of 18-21 year olds working full-time in London who are low-paid is four times higher than the proportion of 21-29 year olds who are, in turn, twice as likely to be low-paid as other full-time employees.

Data used

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2009

Indicator last updated: 21 April 2010

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• Unemployment by ethnicity, country of birth and gender
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