LONDON ETHNIC INEQUALITY BOROUGH PROFILE REPORT Brent

In 2011 Brent was ranked 4th in London (out of 32 London boroughs) for overall inequality compared to 8th in 2001. This represents an increase in relative inequality, or an increase in the relative gaps between ethnic minorities and White British people. The Black African, Mixed, Pakistani and White Other groups experience the largest overall inequality. Between the two censuses there was very little change in the level of inequality in all the indicators.

Rankings Rank in 32 Rank in 348 White British White Irish London Local Authorities White Other Boroughs of England and Mixed (1=worst) Wales (1=worst) Indian Pakistani Education 3 130 Bangladshi Employment 16 53 Chinese Housing 10 21 Black African Black Caribbean Health 13 35 Other Absoloute IMI 4 6

Education Inequality Employment Inequality

6 2001 2 2001 2011 2011 4 0

-2 2 -4 0 -6 -2 -8 -4 -10

-6 -12

-8 -14

Mixed Indian Mixed Indian Minority Pakistani Chinese Minority Pakistani Chinese White Irish White Irish White Other Bangladshi White Other Bangladshi Black African Other (5 Cat) Black African Other (5 Cat) Black Caribbean Black Caribbean

Housing Inequality Health Inequality

5 2001 15 2001 2011 2011 0 10 -5

-10 5 -15

-20 0

-25 -5 -30

-35 -10

Mixed Indian Mixed Indian Minority Pakistani Chinese Minority Pakistani Chinese White Irish White Irish White Other Bangladshi White Other Bangladshi Black African Other (5 Cat) Black African Other (5 Cat) Black Caribbean Black Caribbean

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Between 2001 and 2011 the White British – Minority population split in Brent changed from 29%:71% to 18%:82%. This was predominantly caused by an increase in White Other, Other and Mixed populations. White British White Minority White Irish White Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese AfricanBlack Black Caribbean Other Population 2001 29.19% 70.81% 6.95% 9.14% 3.72% 18.46% 4.03% 0.45% 1.07% 7.83% 10.47% 8.70% 2011 17.96% 82.04% 3.96% 14.35% 5.07% 18.64% 4.62% 0.56% 1.04% 7.84% 7.62% 18.33%

Education: % without any qualification among 16–24 year olds 2001 10.95 12.16 13.64 12.95 14.74 8.43 10.99 12.22 8.28 14.76 15.72 13.44 2011 7.72 9.75 6.08 15.24 11.72 5.32 7.25 7.17 2.74 12.04 9.47 10.28 Education inequality (more/less than White British) 2001 - -1.22 -2.69 -2.00 -3.79 2.51 -0.04 -1.27 2.66 -3.82 -4.77 -2.49 2011 - -2.03 1.64 -7.52 -4.00 2.40 0.46 0.54 4.98 -4.32 -1.75 -2.56

Employment: % unemployed among those aged 25 and older 2001 5.07 8.08 5.58 6.65 11.17 5.00 10.03 9.34 5.73 14.80 10.13 10.37 2011 5.38 8.66 5.77 5.63 10.62 5.72 9.11 11.21 5.49 18.14 13.11 10.81 Employment inequality (more/less than White British) 2001 - -3.01 -0.51 -1.59 -6.10 0.07 -4.96 -4.27 -0.66 -9.73 -5.07 -5.30 2011 - -3.28 -0.39 -0.25 -5.24 -0.34 -3.73 -5.84 -0.11 -12.76 -7.73 -5.43

Housing: Overcrowding – % occupancy rate of -1 or less 2001 12.75 29.90 17.79 30.56 31.89 26.84 33.69 34.69 25.50 45.80 25.77 41.08 2011 17.09 33.30 16.94 39.53 34.80 27.43 33.90 29.56 27.03 43.93 24.58 39.91 Housing inequality (more/less than White British) 2001 - -17.15 -5.03 -17.80 -19.14 -14.09 -20.94 -21.94 -12.74 -33.04 -13.02 -28.32 2011 - -16.20 0.16 -22.43 -17.70 -10.34 -16.80 -12.47 -9.94 -26.84 -7.49 -22.82

Health: Age-sex standardised illness rate 2001 17.44 19.03 18.39 15.34 21.17 19.29 23.69 22.60 12.48 18.89 20.50 4.84 2011 17.41 18.21 19.30 12.50 20.78 17.75 22.60 22.51 11.34 19.11 19.19 16.59 Health inequality (more/less than White British) 2001 - -1.59 -0.95 2.11 -3.72 -1.85 -6.24 -5.16 4.97 -1.45 -3.06 12.61 2011 - -0.80 -1.89 4.90 -3.37 -0.34 -5.19 -5.11 6.07 -1.70 -1.78 0.82

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.

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