This new map shows London’s most deprived areas (2024)

There’s a clear divide between north and south London

A new map documenting deprivation in London shows a clear divide between north and south boroughs. The map, created by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) uses data from the 2021 UK-wide census and takes into account health, employment, education and housing.

A household is classed as educationally ‘deprived’ifno one in it aged 16 to 18 is a full-time student and no one in the house has at least level two education (GCSEs). A household is classed as health ‘deprived’ if any person in it has very bad general health or is disabled. To be ‘deprived’ in employment, a householdwill have at least one person who is unemployed or disabled and not able to work. Housing ‘deprivation’ means accommodation that is overcrowded, in a shared dwelling orwith no central heating.

The map data shows thatresidents in north and east London are more likely to be worse off than those in the south or west.Barking& Dagenham in east London is shown to be the most deprived borough, with 37.1 percent of its residents suffering deprivation in at least one of the categories.Close behindis Brent (36.5 percent), Newham (35.8 percent) and Enfield (35.7 percent) which all see more than a third of residents suffering deprivation of some kind.

On the flipside, the least deprived areas in London are Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames, with 27.9 percent and 28.1 percent of residents suffering some kind of deprivation respectively.

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• India Lawrence
  Contributing writer

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