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State of Place

Updated November 2011

EALING COUNCIL

Place 11,725 businesses form part of Ealing’s economy.1 With good links to both Central and London Heathrow, tourism

Ealing is situated at the centre of the six and creative industries have been key contributors to the boroughs that make up , bordering Hillingdon, economic productivity of the borough. The North East of the Harrow, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, and . borough hosts , one of Europe’s largest industrial areas. Ealing is the 11th largest London borough in terms of area, covering 55 square kilometres. This includes 8.4 square Ward map London Borough of Ealing kilometres of parks and green spaces, the rivers Brent and Crane, and 10 miles of canals.

As a place, Ealing is well connected. Heathrow airport is approximately 8 miles away. By road, Western Avenue runs through to central London, the North circular joins up with the M4, M40 onto the M25 amongst other key routes, giving access across the country. A prime location for commuters, Ealing’s transport links make all parts of London highly accessible. Ealing is serviced by three underground lines, the

District, Piccadilly and Central and there are nine national rail stations giving direct access to Reading, Heathrow and 2 Paddington. By 2018, Ealing will have five new Crossrail Crown Copyright. Licence LA100019807 2008 stations, improving connectivity across London. 1 Office for National Statistics, UK Business: Activity, Size and Location 2011 Enterprises registered for VAT and/or PAYE. Snapshot of Inter Departmental Business Register at 28 March 2011 2 Ward map for Ealing Borough. See www.ealing.gov.uk 2

Living in Ealing minority ethnic communities make up 46% of Ealing’s total 6 population. Bridging central and are Ealing’s seven towns of Acton, Ealing, , , , and Affluence is suggested by a median household income for 7 . Some of these have a green and suburban feel, Ealing at £33,400 and an above London average percentage 8 while others are more densely populated and inner city in of people (16-64yrs) in employment of 69.4% for 2010-11. character. Together, they make a vibrant and diverse However, considerable disparity of wealth and opportunity is community.3 evident across the borough. A high proportion of children in the borough live in poverty, 30% compared to an 9 83% of residents are satisfied with their neighbourhood and average of 21% and household income levels are becoming 80% agree that people from different ethnic backgrounds get more unequal across the borough. There is a 54% difference on well together.4 in incomes between the lowest (Southall Green) and the highest (Walpole) ward. Southall wards have large areas in Ealing has the third largest population in London with at least the lowest income range, whilst Ealing Broadway and 7 318,500 residents.5 The borough also has the 4th most Southfield are exclusively in the 2 highest income ranges. diverse local population in the UK, both in terms of the number of people from different ethnic backgrounds and how evenly they are distributed across the borough. Black and

6 GLA 2010 Round Ethnic Group Projections – SHLAA; GLA, 2011; http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/package/egp-2010rnd-shlaa-borough 7 Unequivalised Median Household Incomes CACI Paycheck 2010 quoted in Ealing Children’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2011 See www.ealing.gov.uk 8 ONS annual population survey data, Labour Market Profile Ealing (Apr 2010-Mar2011) See nomisweb.co.uk 3 See ‘Your Borough’ See www.ealing.gov.uk 9 HMRC: NI116 Proportion of children in poverty snapshot as at 31 Aug 2008, quoted in Ealing Children’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2011 See www.ealing.gov.uk 4 Ealing Resident Survey 2010 See www.ealing.gov.uk

5 ONS mid-year population estimate 2010 See www.ons.gov.uk 3

Relative Deprivation A significant number of areas in the borough have become relatively more deprived over the last few years although the Measures of multiple deprivation relate to income, proportion of the population living in the most deprived areas employment, health and disability, education skills and has decreased since 2007.12 training, barriers to housing and services, living environment and crime, which reflect the broad range of deprivation that Of the 195 ‘Lower Super Output Areas’ into which Ealing is people can experience. divided to analyse deprivation, 13 LSOA’s are amongst the 10% most deprived in the country. This figure is the 10th In 2010, Ealing was ranked the 61st most deprived out of 326 highest for all and 2nd highest in West English local authority districts. This places Ealing within the London after Brent. (Hackney has 57 and Harrow is one of 6 top 20% most deprived, where deprivation is judged by a ‘rank boroughs with none).11 10 of average rank’, 1 being most deprived. Deprivation varies across the borough and residents fall Ealing’s ranking in terms of relative deprivation has worsened amongst both the most and least deprived in the country. 11 over time as shown below. Dormer’s Wells ward includes the most deprived LSOA within Ealing and amongst the 1% most income deprived in the country,12 whilst ward includes the least deprived. Relative Deprivation Ranking 2010 2007* 2004* The disparity of deprivation in areas in close proximity to each Rank of average ranks 61 75 94 other is another feature of Ealing highlighted in Cleveland and Rank of average deprivation score 80 84 99 Walpole wards which contain the widest range between the *Rank out of 354 districts 2007 and 2004 most and least deprived LSOA’s.

10 Summary measures - Indices of Deprivation 2010 See www.communities.gov.uk 11 Indices of Deprivation 2004 ‘07 ‘10 See www.communities.gov.uk 12 Ealing Indices of Deprivation 2010 See www.ealing.gov.uk 4

A uniform increase in relative deprivation is evident in other areas. Every LSOA in Perivale and South Acton has become more deprived and all bar one LSOA in Southall Broadway and Greenford Green.1

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