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ETHNIC INEQUALITY COMMUNITY PROFILE REPORT Bangladeshi

Education inequality Employment inequality

In 2011 Bangladeshi 16- to 25-year-olds Key Employment inequality affects Bangladeshi people Key experienced educational inequality in only 16% of -23.3 – -9.1 in all London boroughs, with the noteworthy -16.7 – -7.5 London boroughs. This was in sharp contrast to exception of Barking & Dagenham. Between 2001 -9.0 – -4.2 -7.4 – -4.4 2001, when Bangladeshis had faced educational and 2011, employment inequality for Bangladeshis inequality in 72% of these boroughs. -4.1 – -1.5 reduced overall from an average of -7.6% to -5.7%, -4.3 – -2.8 -1.4 – 0.0 but was most persistent in the inner west, outer -2.7 – -1.8 0.1 – 3.1 west and northwest London boroughs. -1.7 – -1.0 3.2 – 8.1 -0.9 – 0.0 8.2 – 14.3 0.1 – 3.7 Enfield Enfield

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

Southwark Greenwich

Hounslow Lambeth Wandsworth Bexley Richmond Richmond Lewisham

Merton

Kingston Kingston Bromley Sutton Sutton Croydon

Housing inequality Health inequality

In both 2001 and 2011 severe housing inequality Key In 2011 Bangladeshi people in 88% of London Key affected the Bangladeshi community in every -39.8 – -23.8 boroughs were experiencing inequalities in health -16.6 – -5.9 London boroughs. Over the past decade there was outcomes. There had been significant changes -23.7 – -16.5 -5.8 – -2.0 a net reduction in inequality from -29% to -22%. in these outcomes between 2001 and 2011, in The inner London boroughs exhibited a more -16.4 – -12.7 both positive and negative directions. In Barking -1.9 – 0.0 pronounced inequality. -12.6 – -10.0 & Dagenham, for example, health inequality fell by 0.1 – 2.1 -9.9 – -5.5 19%, but increased by 5% in Camden. 2.2 – 3.5 -5.4 – 0.0 3.6 – 5.6 0.1 – 6.79 5.7 – 13.49 Enfield Enfield

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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

* 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 Bangladeshi

Between 2001 and 2011 the Bangladeshi population grew by 27% from 2.2% to 2.7% of London’s population. The Bangladeshi population is greatest in Tower Hamlets (32%), Newham (12%), Camden (6%), Redbridge (6%) and Barking and Dagenham (4%).

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 Westminster & City 9.40 −25.64 14.11 −39.75 56.60 −33.84 31.27 −16.25 2 Camden 7.72 −24.32 16.49 −40.81 54.18 −29.08 33.60 −16.60 3 Tower Hamlets 9.10 −17.34 18.91 −36.25 52.93 −29.43 29.04 −8.24 4 Islington 9.07 −23.30 13.25 −36.55 48.13 −25.43 34.13 −14.23 5 & Fulham 3.78 −14.75 12.54 −27.29 48.54 −29.14 26.97 −10.97 6 Southwark 6.84 −17.02 13.49 −30.51 45.99 −27.39 29.68 −10.18 7 Kensington & Chelsea 3.31 −17.71 10.19 −27.89 45.73 −25.13 28.09 −14.39 8 Hackney 9.95 −20.30 18.84 −39.15 44.63 −20.23 29.05 −10.35 9 Lambeth 5.14 −18.01 11.73 −29.74 36.54 −18.64 29.57 −12.87 10 Haringey 5.78 −13.30 10.59 −23.89 43.81 −25.61 23.92 −7.52 11 Waltham Forest 4.57 −9.38 8.60 −17.98 46.12 −35.12 23.41 −4.81 12 Hillingdon 7.92 −13.59 10.24 −23.83 35.76 −26.06 22.17 −5.67 13 Wandsworth 5.73 −14.56 10.85 −25.41 33.49 −19.39 23.32 −8.82 14 Bromley 8.18 −15.25 10.17 −25.42 24.60 −18.60 21.87 −7.07 15 Croydon 9.77 −14.53 9.69 −24.22 29.55 −19.85 21.86 −4.76 16 Enfield 7.16 −13.13 9.30 −22.43 31.05 −20.55 23.27 −5.97 17 Richmond 7.52 −14.05 5.73 −19.78 24.36 −16.56 18.93 −6.53 18 Ealing 7.63 −9.06 10.27 −19.33 32.10 −19.00 17.92 −1.42 19 Redbridge 7.82 −9.88 11.42 −21.30 25.85 −17.65 19.56 −2.06 20 Harrow 4.62 −10.10 9.61 −19.71 25.63 −17.93 21.07 −5.47 21 Newham 6.29 −4.13 12.71 −16.84 47.53 −30.43 22.74 2.16 22 Brent 7.17 −12.29 11.21 −23.50 29.56 −12.46 22.51 −5.11 23 Lewisham 4.69 −7.14 10.57 −17.71 35.23 −21.23 21.95 −2.45 24 Kingston 5.58 −6.73 3.71 −10.44 31.02 −22.02 15.55 −1.15 25 Bexley 5.48 −9.17 8.49 −17.65 25.13 −19.23 20.19 −3.69 26 Hounslow 5.08 −7.10 8.43 −15.53 36.00 −23.30 19.42 −2.02 27 Barnet 6.44 −11.08 7.83 −18.90 24.96 −14.16 20.14 −4.64 28 Havering 9.27 −7.56 8.62 −16.19 25.93 −19.93 15.09 1.71 29 Greenwich 4.23 −6.59 11.19 −17.78 34.22 −22.12 22.85 −2.35 30 Merton 2.87 −6.41 6.40 −12.81 29.75 −19.75 19.05 −3.55 31 Sutton 6.29 −5.43 6.81 −12.25 21.18 −13.08 14.84 0.86 32 Barking & Dagenham 8.29 −4.74 9.66 −14.40 31.28 −19.18 19.75 3.55 *Absolute Index of Multiple Inequality (1=worst)

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