Low-paid jobs by borough
Key points
- The four boroughs with the highest proportion of low paid jobs are all in Outer London.
- This means the map is a different pattern to other indicators.
The proportion of employees paid under £7.50 per hour by place of work
What does this map show?
The map shows low pay levels as measured by the proportion of employees paid less than £7.50 per hour according to the borough in which they work, not their place of residence.
The four boroughs with the highest proportion of low paid jobs are all in Outer London (Waltham Forest, Bexley, Harrow and Bromely). In fact, 14 of the 16 boroughs with above-average proportions of low paying jobs are in Outer London (Newham and Lewisham being the only Inner London boroughs in this list). The borough with the lowest proportion of low-paid jobs is Tower Hamlets.
Compare with low-paid residents by borough.
Data used
ASHE 2007 to 2009
Indicator last updated: 24 March 2011
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Other indicators in Bexley
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
Other indicators in Havering
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
Other indicators in Hillingdon
Other indicators in Lewisham
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Underage conception by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
Other indicators in Merton
Other indicators in Newham
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Infant deaths by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Tower Hamlets
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by ward
Other indicators in Waltham Forest
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
Other indicators in Westminster
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
Other indicators in Working-age adults
- Poverty in Inner and Outer London
- Working-age out-of-work benefits by region
- Working age out-of-work benefits within London
- Income inequality in London compared with other English regions
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work over time
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Adult ill health
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid residents by borough
- Low income and ethnicity in London
- Lacking work by ethnicity
- Not working by country of birth
- Not working by ethnicity and country of birth
- Low pay by ethnicity
- Premature death by borough
- Low-paid residents by region
- Low-paid jobs by sub-region
- Families receiving in-work benefits
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
- Unemployment rates over time
- Unemployment numbers by sub-region
- Unemployment by ethnicity, country of birth and gender
- Unemployment in London by age
- Part-time work
- Job Seeker's Allowance by region
- Job Seeker's Allowance by borough
- Child, adult and pensioner poverty
- London's low income population
- Child and adult poverty and work
- Recession impact on out-of-work benefits
- Young adult unemployment over time
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Glossary
Low pay:
The most commonly used threshold is 60% of median male full-time hourly earnings. This was £7.50 in 2008 and is the threshold used throughout this website.
Outer London:
Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Bromley, Bexley, Brent, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest
Inner London:
Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster