State of Ealing Place

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1 State of Ealing Place Updated November 2011 EALING COUNCIL

2 Place Ealing is situated at the centre of the six Greater London boroughs that make up West London, bordering Hillingdon, Harrow, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow. Ealing is the 11th largest London borough in terms of area, covering 55 square kilometres. This includes 8.4 square kilometres of parks and green spaces, the rivers Brent and Crane, and 10 miles of canals. 11,725 businesses form part of Ealing s economy. 1 With good links to both Central London and London Heathrow, tourism and creative industries have been key contributors to the economic productivity of the borough. The North East of the borough hosts Park Royal, one of Europe s largest industrial areas. Ward map London Borough of Ealing As a place, Ealing is well connected. Heathrow airport is approximately 8 miles away. By road, Western Avenue runs through to central London, the North circular joins up with the M4, M40 onto the M25 amongst other key routes, giving access across the country. A prime location for commuters, Ealing s transport links make all parts of London highly accessible. Ealing is serviced by three underground lines, the District, Piccadilly and Central and there are nine national rail stations giving direct access to Reading, Heathrow and Paddington. By 2018, Ealing will have five new Crossrail stations, improving connectivity across London. 2 Crown Copyright. Licence LA Office for National Statistics, UK Business: Activity, Size and Location 2011 Enterprises registered for VAT and/or PAYE. Snapshot of Inter Departmental Business Register at 28 March Ward map for Ealing Borough. See

3 Living in Ealing Bridging central and outer London are Ealing s seven towns of Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale and Southall. Some of these have a green and suburban feel, while others are more densely populated and inner city in character. Together, they make a vibrant and diverse community. 3 83% of residents are satisfied with their neighbourhood and 80% agree that people from different ethnic backgrounds get on well together. 4 Ealing has the third largest population in London with at least 318,500 residents. 5 The borough also has the 4th most diverse local population in the UK, both in terms of the number of people from different ethnic backgrounds and how evenly they are distributed across the borough. Black and minority ethnic communities make up 46% of Ealing s total population. 6 Affluence is suggested by a median household income for Ealing at 33,400 7 and an above London average percentage of people (16-64yrs) in employment of 69.4% for However, considerable disparity of wealth and opportunity is evident across the borough. A high proportion of children in the borough live in poverty, 30% compared to an England average of 21% 9 and household income levels are becoming more unequal across the borough. There is a 54% difference in incomes between the lowest (Southall Green) and the highest (Walpole) ward. Southall wards have large areas in the lowest income range, whilst Ealing Broadway and Southfield are exclusively in the 2 highest income ranges. 7 3 See Your Borough See 4 Ealing Resident Survey 2010 See 5 ONS mid-year population estimate 2010 See GLA 2010 Round Ethnic Group Projections SHLAA; GLA, 2011; 7 Unequivalised Median Household Incomes CACI Paycheck 2010 quoted in Ealing Children s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2011 See 8 ONS annual population survey data, Labour Market Profile Ealing (Apr 2010-Mar2011) See nomisweb.co.uk 9 HMRC: NI116 Proportion of children in poverty snapshot as at 31 Aug 2008, quoted in Ealing Children s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2011 See

4 Relative Deprivation Measures of multiple deprivation relate to income, employment, health and disability, education skills and training, barriers to housing and services, living environment and crime, which reflect the broad range of deprivation that people can experience. In 2010, Ealing was ranked the 61st most deprived out of 326 English local authority districts. This places Ealing within the top 20% most deprived, where deprivation is judged by a rank of average rank, 1 being most deprived. 10 Ealing s ranking in terms of relative deprivation has worsened over time as shown below. 11 Relative Deprivation Ranking * 2004* Rank of average ranks Rank of average deprivation score *Rank out of 354 districts 2007 and 2004 A significant number of areas in the borough have become relatively more deprived over the last few years although the proportion of the population living in the most deprived areas has decreased since Of the 195 Lower Super Output Areas into which Ealing is divided to analyse deprivation, 13 LSOA s are amongst the 10% most deprived in the country. This figure is the 10th highest for all London boroughs and 2nd highest in West London after Brent. (Hackney has 57 and Harrow is one of 6 boroughs with none). 11 Deprivation varies across the borough and residents fall amongst both the most and least deprived in the country. Dormer s Wells ward includes the most deprived LSOA within Ealing and amongst the 1% most income deprived in the country, 12 whilst Hanger Hill ward includes the least deprived. The disparity of deprivation in areas in close proximity to each other is another feature of Ealing highlighted in Cleveland and Walpole wards which contain the widest range between the most and least deprived LSOA s. 10 Summary measures - Indices of Deprivation 2010 See 11 Indices of Deprivation See Ealing Indices of Deprivation 2010 See

5 A uniform increase in relative deprivation is evident in other areas. Every LSOA in Perivale and South Acton has become more deprived and all bar one LSOA in Southall Broadway and Greenford Green. 1 5