Black African

LONDON ETHNIC INEQUALITY COMMUNITY PROFILE REPORT Black African

Education inequality Employment inequality

In 2011 Black African 16-24 year olds faced educational Key Black African people experience employment inequality Key inequality in 38% of boroughs. The boroughs with the -23.3 – -9.1 in every borough in London. Between 2001 and 2011 -16.7 – -7.5 best educational outcomes for Black African young this inequality increased. On average Black African people were Waltham Forest, Islington and Southwark, -9.0 – -4.2 people experienced 3 times as much unemployment as -7.4 – -4.4 and the boroughs in which Black African young people -4.1 – -1.5 White British people in London: 5% compared to 15%. -4.3 – -2.8 had the largest educational advantage are Barking & -1.4 – 0.0 The highest level of employment inequality for Black -2.7 – -1.8 Dagenham and Brent. Africans was in Kingston, Greenwich and Islington. 0.1 – 3.1 -1.7 – -1.0 3.2 – 8.1 -0.9 – 0.0 8.2 – 14.3 0.1 – 3.7 Enﬁeld Enﬁeld

Barnet Barnet

Harrow Haringey Redbridge Harrow Haringey Redbridge Havering Havering Hackney Waltham Forest Hackney Waltham Forest Islington Islington Brent Brent Camden Barking & Camden Barking & Westminster Tower Newham Dagenham Westminster Tower Newham Dagenham HammersmithKen & Chelsea Hamlets HammersmithKen & Chelsea Hamlets Hillingdon Ealing & Fulham City Hillingdon Ealing & Fulham City

Southwark Southwark Greenwich Greenwich

Hounslow Lambeth Hounslow Lambeth Wandsworth Bexley Wandsworth Bexley Richmond Lewisham Richmond Lewisham

Merton Merton

Kingston Bromley Kingston Bromley Sutton Croydon Sutton Croydon

Health inequality Housing inequality

Black African people experienced health inequality Key On average Black African people are three times more Key in 38% of boroughs. The average inequality of all the -16.6 – -5.9 likely to experience overcrowding compared to White -39.8 – -23.8 boroughs was +1.3%, this means Black Africans have British people. The average housing inequality for a net advantage over White British people. The worst -5.8 – -2.0 Black Africans in London was -26%. Between 2001 -23.7 – -16.5 health inequality for Black Africans was in Kingston, -1.9 – 0.0 and 2011 the extent of inequality fell by an average -16.4 – -12.7 Islington and Hillingdon. 0.1 – 2.1 5.2%. The worst housing inequality was in Barking & -12.6 – -10.0 Dagenham, Waltham Forest and Croydon. 2.2 – 3.5 -9.9 – -5.5 3.6 – 5.6 -5.4 – 0.0 5.7 – 13.49 0.1 – 6.79 Enﬁeld Enﬁeld

Barnet Barnet

Southwark Southwark Greenwich Greenwich

Hounslow Lambeth Hounslow Lambeth Wandsworth Bexley Wandsworth Bexley Richmond Lewisham Richmond Lewisham

Merton Merton

Kingston Bromley Kingston Bromley Sutton Croydon Sutton Croydon

* Inequality is calculated as the White British score for the local authority minus the minority group’s score for that local authority. A value above zero indicates minority advantage; a value below zero represents minority disadvantage. www.runnymedetrust.org LONDON ETHNIC INEQUALITY COMMUNITY PROFILE REPORT Black African

Between 2001 and 2011 the Black African population grew by 32% from 5.3% to 7.0% of London’s population. The Black African population is greatest in Southwark (16%), Newham (12%) and Lambeth (12%).

Education: % without Employment: Housing: Overcrowding Health: Age-sex any qualification among % unemployed among - % occupancy rate standardised Rank* Borough 16-24 year olds those aged 25 and older of -1 or less illness rate Percentage Inequality Percentage Inequality Percentage Inequality Percentage Inequality 1 Kensington & Chelsea 9.66 −2.68 14.48 −11.38 17.63 −3.13 47.52 −33.42 2 Merton 10.15 −0.91 18.39 −13.49 18.40 −1.90 45.74 −32.64 3 Hackney 8.39 −3.20 16.09 −11.99 18.15 −1.45 47.31 −29.41 4 Lambeth 8.43 0.29 14.80 −10.60 15.13 0.37 46.55 −35.75 5 Camden 10.31 0.07 15.92 −11.12 15.13 2.37 44.15 −35.95 6 Hounslow 8.55 −2.62 18.42 −14.12 20.53 −4.53 41.25 −21.85 7 Redbridge 8.29 2.23 14.53 −9.93 13.43 3.07 46.55 −36.85 8 Waltham Forest 4.44 2.57 11.35 −7.95 11.43 2.97 47.79 −38.79 9 Croydon 8.51 3.53 15.06 −9.06 15.71 2.89 49.01 −38.01 10 Richmond 10.67 2.11 14.12 −9.12 16.39 1.01 47.07 −34.37 11 Kingston 8.63 −3.19 20.76 −16.61 23.41 −8.39 34.40 −11.63 12 Newham 8.88 0.49 13.35 −8.75 15.15 0.45 38.78 −31.08 13 Lewisham 12.04 −4.32 18.14 −12.74 19.11 −1.71 37.07 −19.97 14 Enfield 10.06 −1.72 17.77 −12.67 18.22 −1.82 39.21 −21.01 15 Bexley 10.22 0.94 15.39 −9.69 14.16 3.14 40.99 −30.49 16 Wandsworth 8.48 1.84 9.63 −5.73 13.48 2.02 43.93 −33.93 17 Tower Hamlets 8.38 4.33 12.51 −7.41 13.05 4.05 45.32 −35.62 18 Islington 6.39 −0.63 18.60 −14.20 21.59 −7.89 28.98 −8.38 19 Westminster 11.73 −1.60 9.26 −5.06 10.28 5.42 36.24 −28.14 20 Harrow 7.10 1.21 14.60 −9.30 15.62 3.88 42.88 −24.28 21 Bromley 8.57 2.76 11.31 −6.41 8.66 8.14 38.25 −32.25 22 Hammersmith & Fulham 7.42 3.76 14.09 −8.49 14.00 5.50 42.13 −28.13 23 Havering 9.53 −3.10 19.50 −13.80 21.26 −0.46 32.74 −9.24 24 Sutton 9.78 0.43 10.86 −6.86 12.87 1.93 27.39 −21.39 25 Greenwich 11.73 −3.86 19.84 −14.74 22.97 −3.07 26.79 −4.09 26 Southwark 6.49 0.69 9.78 −6.68 15.16 −2.76 24.26 −16.46 27 Barnet 6.65 4.00 10.84 −6.24 8.61 7.89 36.56 −30.66 28 Hillingdon 8.40 −3.29 18.70 −14.10 24.71 −7.71 24.13 0.97 29 Brent 7.10 7.42 13.74 −7.14 11.87 8.63 44.91 −32.81 30 Barking & Dagenham 7.41 10.53 13.88 −4.18 9.97 13.33 51.86 −39.76 31 Haringey 8.21 6.29 16.67 −7.57 16.22 8.68 43.93 −26.83 32 Ealing 7.52 5.58 17.98 −12.78 17.26 1.44 33.69 −9.29 *Absolute Index of Multiple Inequality (1=worst)

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