Working age out-of-work benefits within London
Key points
- At 240,000, the Inner East & South sub-region has by far the highest number of benefit recipients in London.
- Inner London has the highest proportion of working-age adults receiving an out-of-work benefit, but Outer London has a higher total number.
The total number of working-age adults receiving out-of-work benefits
What does the graph show?
The piechart shows that about 730,000 working-age people in London receive a key out-of-work benefit. Of these, one-third (240,000) live in the Inner East & South areas, despite this area being home to only one-quarter of London's working-age population.
Since a further 90,000 recipients live in the Inner West, we know that just under half of all working-age adults receiving out-of-work benefits live in Inner London.
The total figure of 730,000 is an increase of around 70,000 since 2008. To see how this change varies across London's boroughs, look at working-age recipients receiving out-of-work benefits by borough, and how this has changed over time.
Data used
Department for Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, 2009
Indicator last updated: 29 April 2010
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- 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
- 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 residents 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
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Glossary
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
Pension Credit Guarantee:
Paid to those pensioners who have little or no income. In 2008 the guarantee brought a pensioner's income to £124.05 a week for single pensioners and £189.35 a week for pensioner couples
Key out-of-work benefits:
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), Income Support (IS), Incapacity Benefit (IB), Severe Disablement Allowance, Carer's Allowance. Disability Living Allowance is not a key out-of-work benefit as it is available to people who may be in work and is not means-tested.
Benefit recipiency levels:
the proportion of working-age adults receiving out-of-work benefits