Kingston upon Thames

Overview

Kingston upon Thames is an outer London borough located in the south-west of London. It has a relatively low rate of child poverty (25%), compared to the typical London borough (39%). In contrast, infant mortality in the borough is higher than all other boroughs, with 5.6 deaths per 1,000 births (compared to 3.3 across London).

In terms of education, only 26% of the 19 year-olds in Kingston upon Thames don’t have a level 3 qualification. Additionally, 78.4% of students achieve grades between 9-4 (equivalent to A*-C under the old system) in GCSE English and Maths. This is above the London average, where the proportion of students with good GCSEs is 68.7%.

The grid below shows how Kingston upon Thames is performing on key poverty and inequality indicators, in comparison with all London boroughs. Better than average (green) means Kingston upon Thames 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.

Kingston upon Thames indicator rankings

People

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births

3.3

Average compared to all London Boroughs (3.4)

Average compared to England (3.9)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 3.65)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (3.9)

Premature mortality

Deaths of <75 year olds per 100,000

261

Better compared to all London Boroughs (316)

Better compared to England (336)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 302)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (300)

Qualifications at 19

19 year olds without level 3 qualifications

23.4%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (24.4%)

Average compared to England (27.8%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (28.8%)

Data sources and methods

Living standards

Child poverty rate

Child poverty rate (AHC)

21%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (35%)

Better compared to England (29.3%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (30%)

Income deprivation

Income deprivation (relative to London overall)

0.59

Better 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 (0.67)

Pay inequality

80:20 ratio of earnings

3

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (2.64)

Worse compared to England (1.94)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (South - 2.62)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (2.6)

Poverty rate

Poverty rate

23%

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 (19%)

Data sources and methods

Housing

Evictions

Repossessions per 1,000 households

1.28

Better compared to all London Boroughs (2.42)

Average compared to England (1.51)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 1.765)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (2.07)

Homeless acceptances

Main homelessness duty owed per 1,000 households

0.43

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.74)

Average compared to England (0.42)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.52)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (0.5)

Housing affordability

Median rent as a percentage of median pay

41.5%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (46.3%)

Worse compared to England (26.4%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (40.6%)

Housing delivery

Average net affordable, social and discounted housing completions

30

Worse 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

99

Better compared to all London Boroughs (214)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 77)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (58)

Temporary accommodation

Households in temporary accommodation per 1,000

12

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 (10.1)

Data sources and methods

Shared opportunity

GCSE attainment

Percentage of pupils who achieved grade 9-4

84.5%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (75.6%)

Better compared to England (72.2%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (75.9%)

No qualifications

Proportion with no qualifications

No data

(Data not available)

Data sources and methods

Work

Benefits

Out-of-work benefits

7.6%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (12.7%)

Better compared to England (12.7%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (9.9%)

Low pay (resident)

Proportion of borough residents' jobs that are low paid

18.9%

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

4.4%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (5.3%)

Average compared to England (4.3%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (5.3%)

Unemployment rate change

Unemployment rate 3 year change

-0.4pts

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.2pts)

Average compared to England (0.0pts)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (1.3pts)

Data sources and methods