Greenwich

Overview

Greenwich is an outer London borough on the south of the river, downstream from central London. It is home to an historic maritime cluster including the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark and old Royal Naval College. Students in Greenwich have one of the worst GCSE attainment in London, with 62.3% of students in the borough achieving grades 9-4 (equivalent to A*-C under the old system) in English and Maths at GCSE compared to 68.7% across the whole of the capital. 

Greenwich has seen a large fall in unemployment in recent years. In the period 2014-2017, Greenwich had an unemployment rate of 7.9%. This fell by 2 percentage points to 5.9% in 2017-2020, still above the London average of 4.9%. 

The grid below shows how Greenwich compares against London overall on key poverty and inequality indicators. Red text denotes the fact that Greenwich is worse than is typical for London on that indicator, and blue means it is better.

Greenwich indicator rankings

People

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births

4.5

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (3.4)

Average compared to England (3.9)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 3.65)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (4.3)

Premature mortality

Deaths of <75 year olds per 100,000

376

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (316)

Average compared to England (336)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 302)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (358)

Qualifications at 19

19 year olds without level 3 qualifications

38.7%

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 (30%)

Data sources and methods

Living standards

Child poverty rate

Child poverty rate (AHC)

40%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (35%)

Worse compared to England (29.3%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (38%)

Income deprivation

Income deprivation (relative to London overall)

1.26

Average compared to all London Boroughs ( 1)

Worse compared to England (0.8)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.65)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (1.19)

Pay inequality

80:20 ratio of earnings

2.64

Average compared to all London Boroughs (2.64)

Worse compared to England (1.94)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 2.62)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (2.47)

Poverty rate

Poverty rate

24%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (27%)

Average compared to England (22.1%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (27%)

Data sources and methods

Housing

Evictions

Repossessions per 1,000 households

3.75

Worse 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 (2.06)

Homeless acceptances

Main homelessness duty owed per 1,000 households

0.95

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.74)

Worse compared to England (0.42)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.52)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (1.25)

Housing affordability

Median rent as a percentage of median pay

45.3%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (46.3%)

Worse compared to England (26.4%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (43.4%)

Housing delivery

Average net affordable, social and discounted housing completions

200

Average compared to all London Boroughs (132)

(Data not available)

Better compared to London Planning Area (South - 50)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (230)

Rough sleeping

People seen sleeping rough by outreach

135

Average compared to all London Boroughs (214)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 77)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (264)

Temporary accommodation

Households in temporary accommodation per 1,000

13.7

Average compared to all London Boroughs (16.4)

Worse compared to England ( 4)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 11.05)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (19.3)

Data sources and methods

Shared opportunity

GCSE attainment

Percentage of pupils who achieved grade 9-4

70.8%

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (75.6%)

Average compared to England (72.2%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (71.5%)

No qualifications

Proportion with no qualifications

4.4

Average compared to all London Boroughs (6.7)

Better compared to England (7.4)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 4.4)

Average compared to nearest neighbours ( 5)

Data sources and methods

Work

Benefits

Out-of-work benefits

13.9%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (12.7%)

Average compared to England (12.7%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (13.9%)

Low pay (resident)

Proportion of borough residents' jobs that are low paid

18.5%

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 (17.7%)

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate

6.7%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (5.3%)

Worse compared to England (4.3%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (6.9%)

Unemployment rate change

Unemployment rate 3 year change

1.1pts

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.2pts)

Average compared to England (0.0pts)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (0.9pts)

Data sources and methods