Bexley

Overview

Bexley is an outer London borough located in the south-east of London. It has a child poverty rate just below the London average of 39%, where 35% of the children in the borough live in households in poverty.

Overall, housing in Bexley is more affordable than in other London boroughs; the rent for an average one-bedroom dwelling in the borough requires 34.4% of the median pre-tax pay in London, compared to 46.4% for the typical London borough. However, the borough lost 60 units of affordable, social, and other discounted housing between 2016/17 and 2018/19.

The grid below shows how Bexley is performing on key poverty and inequality indicators, in comparison with all 32 London boroughs and the City of London. Better than average (green) means Bexley is in the top performing third, average (orange) means the middle third, and worse than average (red) the lowest performing third of all the London local authorities.

Bexley indicator rankings

People

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births

4

Average compared to all London Boroughs (3.4)

Average compared to England (3.9)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 3.65)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (3.2)

Premature mortality

Deaths of <75 year olds per 100,000

314

Average compared to all London Boroughs (316)

Average compared to England (336)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 302)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (323)

Qualifications at 19

19 year olds without level 3 qualifications

37.7%

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (24.4%)

Worse compared to England (27.8%)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 32.25%)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (33.2%)

Data sources and methods

Living standards

Child poverty rate

Child poverty rate (AHC)

30%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (35%)

Average compared to England (29.3%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 27.5%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (33%)

Income deprivation

Income deprivation (relative to London overall)

0.7

Average compared to all London Boroughs ( 1)

Average compared to England (0.8)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.65)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (0.69)

Pay inequality

80:20 ratio of earnings

2.46

Average compared to all London Boroughs (2.64)

Worse compared to England (1.94)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 2.62)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (2.55)

Poverty rate

Poverty rate

29%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (27%)

Worse compared to England (22.1%)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 21%)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (18%)

Data sources and methods

Housing

Evictions

Repossessions per 1,000 households

2.76

Average compared to all London Boroughs (2.42)

Worse compared to England (1.51)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 1.765)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (2.07)

Homeless acceptances

Main homelessness duty owed per 1,000 households

0.59

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.74)

Average compared to England (0.42)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.52)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (0.42)

Housing affordability

Median rent as a percentage of median pay

34.9%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (46.3%)

Worse compared to England (26.4%)

Better compared to London Planning Area (South - 40.35%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (35.9%)

Housing delivery

Average net affordable, social and discounted housing completions

70

Average compared to all London Boroughs (132)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 50)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (50)

Rough sleeping

People seen sleeping rough by outreach

93

Better compared to all London Boroughs (214)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 77)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (69)

Temporary accommodation

Households in temporary accommodation per 1,000

10.2

Average compared to all London Boroughs (16.4)

Average compared to England ( 4)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 11.05)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (8.2)

Data sources and methods

Shared opportunity

GCSE attainment

Percentage of pupils who achieved grade 9-4

75.5%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (75.6%)

Average compared to England (72.2%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 77.15%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (74.2%)

No qualifications

Proportion with no qualifications

7.4

Average compared to all London Boroughs (6.7)

Average compared to England (7.4)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 4.4)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (6.1)

Data sources and methods

Work

Benefits

Out-of-work benefits

9.8%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (12.7%)

Better compared to England (12.7%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 9.85%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (10.7%)

Low pay (resident)

Proportion of borough residents' jobs that are low paid

21.6%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (20.2%)

Average compared to England (17.2%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 19.8%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (20.8%)

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate

5.1%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (5.3%)

Average compared to England (4.3%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 5.2%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (5.8%)

Unemployment rate change

Unemployment rate 3 year change

1.3pts

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.2pts)

Worse compared to England (0.0pts)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.8pts)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (0.7pts)

Data sources and methods