London Statistics. London In Numbers

Housing Gap

• There has been an increase of 540,000 households in London over ten years but only 430,000 new homes built.

London Overground

• There are 83 stations on the London Overground.

The Tube

• There are 270 stations on London’s tube network covering a total route of 402km (250 miles).

London’s busiest station

• Waterloo is London’s busiest railway station with around 82 million passengers per year.

Cost of services

• Between them, London’s 33 councils will spend about £15.6 billion on providing services such as education, public health, social care, waste management, housing and culture in 2013/14

Population of London

Population	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
London	7,825 Million	8.3 Million	8.41 Million	8.5 Million	8.674 Million	8.788 million

Business Districts

London has five major business districts: the City, Westminster, Canary Wharf, Camden & Islington and Lambeth & Southwark.

Business District	Office Space m2	Business Concentration
City of London	7,740,000	Finance, broking, insurance, legal, fund managers, banking
Westminster	5,780,000	Head offices, real estate, private banking, hedge funds, government
Camden & Islington	2,294,000	Creative industries, finance, design, art, fashion, architecture, media
Canary Wharf	2,120,000	Banking, media, legal
Lambeth & Southwark	1,780,000	Accountancy, consultancy, local government

Number of people working in the city of London

UK business register and employment survey

Area	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
City of London: Total employment	454,700	413,500	391,200	400,800	388,600
Tower Hamlets: Total employment	277,400	260,000	254,200	240,400	237,700
Westminster: Total employment	724,700	702,100	693,400	666,300	644,200
City of London: Financial services	164,000	161,600	147,600	159,300	155,000
Tower Hamlets (Canary Wharf): Financial services	72,400	67,900	72,400	72,600	74,600
Greater London: Financial services	362,100	356,100	343,600	360,000	357,900
Great Britain: Financial services	1,025,400	1,037,400	1,022,000	1,045,500	1,051,900

 

London Business Enterprise Births and Deaths in 2015

Sub-Region	Enterprise Births	Enterprise Deaths	Net Start-ups rate
Inner London	55,295	30,785	8.5%
– Inner West	27,985	16,270	7.3%
– Inner East	27,310	14,515	10%
Outer London	45,625	26,045	7.7%
– Outer West	20,240	12,170	6.9%
– Outer East	15,410	7,945	9.9%
– Outer South	9,975	5,980	6.6%
Greater London	383,075	252,040	8.1%

Source: ONS business demography 2015.

Commuting from outside London to inner London, by occupation, in 2015

Those who work in inner London, in lower skill jobs and lower pay jobs are less likely to travel from outside London to get to their work place.

Occupation	Proportion of total commuters from outside London to Inner London	Proportion of Inner London Workforce
Managers, directors and senior officials	20.4%	14.4%
Professional occupations	30.7%	27.1%
Associate professional and technical occupations	25.4%	21.1%
Administrative and secretarial occupations	9.9%	10.1%
Skilled trades occupations	6.0%	6.0%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations	1.2%	5.2%
Sales and customer service occupations	1.9%	5.5.%
Process, plant and machine operatives	2.2%	3.1%
Elementary occupations	2.5%	7.4%

Source: ONS Annual Population Survey

Sources of funding for Transport for London in 2017-18

Grants: 25%

Fares: 47%

Other Incomes: 11%

Borrowing and Cash Reserves: 17%

Source: Transport for London Budget 2017-18

Religion In London

London has centers of worship for a multitude of faiths. Statistics year 2011.

Religion	In Numbers	In Percentages %
Christian	3,957,984	48.42%
No religion	1,694,372	20.73%
Muslim	1,012,823	12.39%
Religion not stated	692,739	8.47%
Hindu	411,291	5.03%
Jewish	148,602	1.82%
Sikh	126,134	1.54%
Buddhist	82,026	1.00%
Other religion	47,970	0.59%

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