Overview
Hillingdon is an outer London borough located in the west of London. Pay inequality is low in the borough; those in the 80th percentile earn 2.41 times more than those at the 20th percentile, whereas for London overall, this number is 2.77.
In terms of education attainment, Hillingdon has a high proportion of 19 year olds (38.3%) without a level 3 qualification. GCSE attainment, however, is close to the average with 68% of students gaining grades 9-4 in English and Maths, compared to 68.7% in the capital overall.
The grid below shows how Hillingdon is performing on key poverty and inequality indicators, in comparison with all London boroughs. Better than average (green) means Hillingdon 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.