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 unique in that there was no decline in the proportion of children in workless households in the ten years from the mid-1990s.
- The overall proportion of children in workless households in London is about 24%.
The proportion of children living in workless households, over time
What does this graph show?
In the middle of the decade, about 35% of Inner London children lived 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 is unique in that there was no decline in the proportion of children in workless households between the middle of the last decade and the middle of this one. The fall in Inner London (about four percentage points) mirrors the decline in several other regions.
Data used
Labour Force Survey, ONS
Indicator last updated: 18 May 2009
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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