Children in workless households over time
Key points
- A far higher proportion of children in Inner London live in workless households than anywhere else in England.
- Outer London is unusual in that there was no decline in the proportion of children in workless households in the ten years from the late 1990s.
- The overall proportion of children in workless households in London is about 24% for the years 2006 to 2008, although for the most recent year the figure is closer to 22%.
The proportion of children living in workless households, over time
What does this graph show?
About 30% of Inner London children live in households with no working adult. This is a far higher proportion than anywhere else in England.
At 20%, the region with the second highest proportion is the North East. This figure is similar to that for Outer London.
Outer London saw no decline in the proportion of children in workless households inthe ten years to 2008. The fall in Inner London (about five percentage points) is at least as large as any other region.
Data used
Household Labour Force Survey , ONS
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
- Working-age adults lacking work by borough
- 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
Case Study
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Glossary
Workless :
People who are not working but want a job and those people who are officially unemployed make up a group who can be described as 'lacking work but wanting work'. Anyone else of working-age who is not working is therefore 'lacking work but not wanting work'. The total workless population therefore includes those lacking and wanting work as well as those lacking but not wanting 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