Barts Health Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment Report

www.brap.org.uk14. Jobs DensityJobs density describes the number of jobs in an area divided by the resident working-agepopulation of that area. For example, a job density of 1.0 would mean there is one job forevery resident of working age. Figure 14 shows that Newham and Waltham Forest haverelatively low jobs densities compared to Tower Hamlets and to the London average. Itshould be noted, however, that the high density in Tower Hamlets partly reflects jobsavailable in the financial district in Canary Wharf.Figure 14: Jobs density by area, 2009Area Jobs density in 2009London 0.88Newham 0.50Tower Hamlets 1.26Waltham Forest 0.46Source: ONS May 2011, from Labour Force Survey15. UnemploymentThe highest levels of unemployment in London are in Tower Hamlets where around 9% ofworking-age adults are unemployed. The second highest levels of unemployment in Londonare in Newham at 8.5%. Waltham Forest has the 7th highest rate of unemployment inLondon at around 7.1%. This compares to a London average of approximately 6%. 24 It isclear the three boroughs face significant challenges associated with unemployment.In December 2011, there were 11,485 Jobseeker Allowance claimants in Newham; 11,110 inTower Hamlets; and 9,950 in Waltham Forest. As figure 15a below shows, claimants weremore likely to be from BME groups in each of the boroughs. When this is compared to figure15b, it can be seen that the JSA claimant rate for people from BME backgrounds wasdisproportionately high when compared to their proportion of the population two yearspreviously.24 Figures are taken from the Annual Population Survey 2011, NOMIS. They are averaged ratesbetween 2008-2010116