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10. The London 2012 Games and their legacy – an update
10.3 Socio economic indicators of convergence
Introduction
A range of socio-demographic and economic indicators for the Growth Boroughs
are available via the GLA London Datastore (see http://data.london.gov.uk). This
source also contains comparison totals for Greater London. Tables 10.1 to 10.4
update a sample of these indicators, as previewed in Travel in London report 6.
Basic population indicators
Table 10.1
Basic demographic indicators. Olympic Growth Boroughs and appropriate
comparators.
Borough/area
2011 actual
Resident population
2015
projection
% change 2011 actual
No. of households
2015
projection
% change
Barking & Dagenham 185,900 205,400 10.5% 70,100 77,100 9.9%
Greenwich 254,600 281,600 10.6% 101,400 112,900 11.3%
Hackney 246,300 262,700 6.7% 102,100 107,600 5.4%
Newham 308,000 338,000 9.7% 102,300 114,100 11.5%
Tower Hamlets 254,100 284,300 11.9% 102,100 113,500 11.2%
Waltham Forest 258,200 271,400 5.1% 97,400 101,400 4.1%
Inner London 3,231,900 3,440,300 6.4% 1,370,800 1,449,400 5.7%
Outer London 4,942,000 5,192,600 5.1% 1,907,600 1,986,600 4.1%
Greater London 8,173,900 8,632,900 5.6% 3,278,300 3,435,900 4.8%
Borough/area
Population density actual, per
hectare
Average age (years)
% of resident
population born
abroad
2011 2015 % change 2011 2015 2011 2014
Barking & Dagenham 51.5 56.4 9.5% 33.4 32.9 29.2 37.4
Greenwich 53.8 57.7 7.2% 34.6 34.9 35.2 32.9
Hackney 129.3 139.3 7.7% 32.4 32.8 37.2 38.9
Newham 85.1 91.9 8.0% 31.3 31.7 49.6 51.8
Tower Hamlets 128.5 145.1 13.0% 30.9 31.2 30.9 37.8
Waltham Forest 66.5 70.6 6.1% 34.4 34.7 37 36.0
Inner London 101.2 107.7 6.5% 32.4 34.4 37.2 39.9
Outer London 39.4 41.6 5.7% 36.6 36.7 32.9 34.5
Greater London 52 55.1 6.0% 35.6 35.8 35.9 36.6
Source: GLA London Datastore, Borough Profiles: http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/package/london-borough-profiles .
Note that previous estimates for certain quantities have been re-based using the 2011 Census population actual totals which,
as described in section 2.5 of this report, differed from the previous Census mid-year estimates.
Table 10.1 compares a selection of pre-Games socio-demographic indicators,
based on the 2011 Census of population, with the latest available data. In 2011 the
six Growth Boroughs contained 575,400 households and were home to 1,507,100
people. In 2015, the population had increased by 9.0 per cent to 1,643,400 and the
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