Overview
Southwark is an inner London borough located on the south of the river Thames. Child poverty rates here are worse than the London average, with 44% of children judged to be living in households in poverty (compared to 39% in a typical London borough). There is a greater-than-average amount of income deprivation in Southwark, with the average neighbourhood 50% more income deprived than an average neighbourhood in London.
With earners at the 80th percentile earning three times as much as those at the 20th percentile, Southwark sees some of the greatest pay inequality in London. Southwark Borough Council also accepts more households as homeless given its size than most other boroughs.
The grid below shows how Southwark compares against London overall on key poverty and inequality indicators. Red text denotes the fact that Southwark is worse than is typical for London on that indicator, and blue means it is better.