Low-paid residents by borough
Key points
- The boroughs with the highest proportions of low-paid residents are mainly in the East.
- All of the boroughs in Inner West London have below-average proportions of low-paid residents.
- This map has a different pattern from other indicators.
The proportion of resident employees paid less than £7.50 per hour by place of residence
What does this map show?
The map is an illustration of the proportion of employees paid less than £7.50 per hour by borough. Three of the four boroughs with the highest proportions are in the East: Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Waltham Forest - the fourth is Brent.
It is a very different pattern to any map we have seen so far. All of Inner West London, and even some boroughs in Inner East & South (Tower Hamlets and Islington) have below-average proportions of low-paid residents. There are also clusters of low pay in the West, the North East and the South.
However, you can see in the Income and Pay Inequality section, that some areas still conform to the traditional Inner/Outer London stereotypes: the proportion of low-paid residents in Newham (26%) is more than three times as high as in Richmond (8%).
The picture is different when looking at low paid jobs.
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 (ASHE) 2007 to 2009
Indicator last updated: 26 July 2010
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Other indicators in Barking and Dagenham
- Pay inequalities within London
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Premature death by region
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
Other indicators in Brent
- Pay inequalities within London
- Infant deaths by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
Other indicators in Islington
- Child poverty
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Premature death by region
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
Other indicators in Newham
- Child poverty
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- 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 jobs by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Premature death by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
Other indicators in Richmond upon Thames
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Infant deaths by borough
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Underage conception by borough
Other indicators in Tower Hamlets
- Child poverty
- Income inequalities within London boroughs
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- Premature death by region
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Attainment at age 11 by borough
- Households in temporary accommodation by borough
- Overcrowding by borough
- Premature death by borough
Other indicators in Waltham Forest
- Child poverty
- Low-paid jobs by borough
- Newly homeless households by borough
- Attainment at age 16 by borough
- Working age out-of-work benefits by borough
Other indicators in Working-age adults
- Working Age Poverty
- Poverty in Inner and Outer London
- In-work poverty across England
- Working-age out-of-work benefits by region
- Working age out-of-work benefits by ward
- 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
- Young Adult Unemployment
- Adult ill health
- Adult ill-health by borough
- Low-paid jobs 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