London's 'sub-regions'

Throughout the site we have grouped London's boroughs together to aid understanding of the wider picture. The groupings used in the map below are the official ones adopted by the EU for statistical purposes. However, to make it easier to understand, we have referred to the official 'Inner East' category as 'Inner East & South' because it includes Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

Posted on 1 May 2009

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The table below presents some selected vital statistics. In population terms, Inner East & South, Outer East & North East and Outer West & North West are roughly the same size, while the Inner West and Outer South are slightly smaller. Inner East & South is the largest, with 25% of London's population. A quarter of London's children and working-age adults also live in the Inner East & South, but rather fewer pensioners do (only 19%). 24% of all pensioners live in the Outer East & North East, compared to 20% of people of working-age people and 23% of children.

Sub-region Boroughs Total
population
(thousands)		 Proportion
16 and under		 Proportion
over 60		 Proportion
from non
White British
ethnic groups
Outer South Bromley, Croydon, Kingston,
Merton, Sutton		 1,174 20% 14% 29%
Outer West &
North West		 Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow,
Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond		 1,769 20% 13% 47%
Inner West Camden, Hammersmith &
Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea,
Wandsworth, Westminster		 1,088 15% 11% 44%
Inner East &
South		 Hackney, Haringey, Islington,
Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham,
Southwark, Tower Hamlets		 1,878 20% 9% 51%
Outer East &
North East		 Barking & Dagenham, Bexley,
Enfield, Greenwich, Havering,
Redbridge, Waltham Forest		 1,596 21% 14% 33%

 

To put this data in perspective, the South London borough of Croydon is London's largest, with a population of over 350,000. There are only seven cities larger than it in England. More people live in the north London borough of Barnet than either Newcastle or Nottingham. The average London borough has the same population as Southampton.

Further pages

Boroughs

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