Richmond upon Thames

Overview

Richmond upon Thames is an outer London borough located in the South West. Richmond has some of the lowest poverty rates of all London boroughs with just 17% of the children judged to be living in households in poverty. It also enjoys the lowest unemployment rate at 3.2% (London average is 4.8%), and the lowest infant mortality rate at 1.5 per 1,000 births (the rate is 3.3 for London overall).

However, pay inequality is high here compared to other parts of London with employees at the 80th percentile earning nearly three times (2.97) those at the 20th percentile (compared to 2.77 across London). 

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

Richmond upon Thames indicator rankings

People

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births

2.6

Better compared to all London Boroughs (3.4)

Better compared to England (3.9)

Better compared to London Planning Area (South - 3.65)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (2.9)

Premature mortality

Deaths of <75 year olds per 100,000

236

Better compared to all London Boroughs (316)

Better compared to England (336)

Better compared to London Planning Area (South - 302)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (268)

Qualifications at 19

19 year olds without level 3 qualifications

28.8%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (24.4%)

Average compared to England (27.8%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (27.3%)

Data sources and methods

Living standards

Child poverty rate

Child poverty rate (AHC)

16%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (35%)

Better compared to England (29.3%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (25%)

Income deprivation

Income deprivation (relative to London overall)

0.5

Better compared to all London Boroughs ( 1)

Average compared to England (0.8)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 0.65)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (0.63)

Pay inequality

80:20 ratio of earnings

2.6

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 (2.72)

Poverty rate

Poverty rate

19%

Better 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 (18%)

Data sources and methods

Housing

Evictions

Repossessions per 1,000 households

0.78

Better compared to all London Boroughs (2.42)

Average compared to England (1.51)

Better compared to London Planning Area (South - 1.765)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (1.46)

Homeless acceptances

Main homelessness duty owed per 1,000 households

0.5

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 (0.54)

Housing affordability

Median rent as a percentage of median pay

46.3%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (46.3%)

Worse compared to England (26.4%)

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

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (41.5%)

Housing delivery

Average net affordable, social and discounted housing completions

50

Average compared to all London Boroughs (132)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 50)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (30)

Rough sleeping

People seen sleeping rough by outreach

61

Better compared to all London Boroughs (214)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 77)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (57)

Temporary accommodation

Households in temporary accommodation per 1,000

3.5

Better compared to all London Boroughs (16.4)

Average compared to England ( 4)

Better compared to London Planning Area (South - 11.05)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (11.9)

Data sources and methods

Shared opportunity

GCSE attainment

Percentage of pupils who achieved grade 9-4

83.8%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (75.6%)

Better compared to England (72.2%)

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

Average compared to nearest neighbours (84%)

No qualifications

Proportion with no qualifications

2.8

Better compared to all London Boroughs (6.7)

Better compared to England (7.4)

Average compared to London Planning Area (South - 4.4)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (4.85)

Data sources and methods

Work

Benefits

Out-of-work benefits

6.9%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (12.7%)

Better compared to England (12.7%)

Better 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

11.1%

Better compared to all London Boroughs (20.2%)

Better compared to England (17.2%)

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

Better compared to nearest neighbours (19.6%)

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

0.9pts

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 (0.5pts)

Data sources and methods