Table 1 Descriptive statistics (2001 Census data) for the four London boroughs served by SLAM and comparisons with London and England statistics

Total population

266,169

330,587

248,922

244,866

7,172,091

49,138,831

Age (%)

   0–19

23.3

26.8

25.7

24.8

24.9

25.1

   20–29

22.2

13.3

17.1

19.6

17.0

12.7

   30–44

29.2

25.1

28.2

28.3

25.7

22.6

   45–74

21.1

28.7

23.7

22.5

26.5

32.1

   75+

4.2

6.1

5.3

4.8

5.9

7.5

Gender (%)

   Male

49.3

48.1

48.2

48.9

48.4

48.7

   Female

50.7

51.9

51.8

51.1

51.6

51.3

Education* (%)

   No qualifications

20.1

22.9

24.2

24.4

23.7

28.9

   Level 2 (5 or more GCSEs at A-C)

14.0

21.4

17.4

14.6

17.1

19.4

   Level 3 (2 or more A levels)

9.8

9.3

9.1

10.0

9.8

8.3

   Level 4/5 (First degree or higher)

40.9

23.6

29.4

34.8

31.0

19.9

Self-assigned ethnicity (%)

   White

62.4

70.2

65.9

63.0

67.5

90.9

   Mixed

4.8

3.7

4.2

3.7

3.6

1.3

   Asian or Asian British

4.6

11.3

3.8

4.1

13.6

4.6

   Black or Black British

25.8

13.3

23.4

25.9

12.3

2.3

   Other

2.5

1.5

2.7

3.3

3.0

0.9

Socio-economic status* (%)

   High managerial/professional

14.0

10.1

9.8

11.7

12.1

8.6

   Lower managerial/intermediate

34.1

36.0

33.6

29.3

32.5

28.2

   Small employers/lower supervisory

9.8

12.6

11.2

9.9

11.4

14.1

   Routine/semi-routine jobs

14.6

15.3

16.2

16.3

14.8

20.7

   Never worked/unemployed

6.9

4.7

6.5

7.2

6.0

3.7

   Full time students

9.2

6.8

9.4

12.6

9.0

7.0

Migration from mid-2006 to mid-2007

(approximates in thousands)

   Inflow

23.5

18.7

18.4

19.8

167.0

511.0**

   Outflow

28.9

20.9

21.1

24.1

284.4

299.0**

   Balance

-5.5

-2.3

-2.8

-4.3

-81.5

+212.0**