Working-age adults lacking work by borough
Key points
- The boroughs with the highest proportions of adults lacking but wanting paid work are in Inner West London, South and East London.
- Rates of adults lacking but wanting paid work vary substantially across London's boroughs from 7% in Kingston to 19% in Westminster.
The proportion of working-age adults lacking but wanting paid work
What does this map show?
The boroughs with the highest proportions of adults lacking but wanting paid work are Camden, Westminster, Hackney and Lewisham. There are also higher than average proportions of adults lacking but wanting paid work in Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking & Dagenham.
These rates vary substantially across London's boroughs. At 19%, Westminster has about three times the rate of Kingston (7%). All these figures are for the tree years to 2008.
Some London boroughs have low work rates by national standards. This is illustrated by the fact that in 2008 three of the ten local authorities with the highest proportions of adults not working (including those who do and do not want work) are in London.
Rates of adults lacking work do not necessarily follow the pattern for out-of-work benefits. Islington, for instance, had one of the highest rates for out-of-work benefits, but a lower than average proportion of adults lacking but wanting work.
Data used
Annual Population Survey 2006 to 2008
Indicator last updated: 13 July 2010
Topic:
Groups:
Boroughs:
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- City of London
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
Work and worklessness
- Working-age adults lacking work over time
- Children in workless households over time
- Unemployment rates over time
- Unemployment in London by age
- Part-time work
- Young adult unemployment
- Unemployment, worklessness and underemployment
- Unemployment by borough
- Worklessness by gender and ethnicity
- Worklessness by gender and country of birth
- Worklessness by disability status
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Glossary
Lacking but not wanting work:
Someone of working-age who is not officially unemployed and does not want work
Lacking but wanting work:
Someone who is either unemployed or wanting work but not available to start work or wanting work but not actively seeking work
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