Settlement Case

Studies
Tower Hamlets & Richmond Upon Thames

Location
Tower Hamlets

Richmond Upon Thames

Tower Hamlets unlike Richmond is

Richmond is situated south of the

Next to the boroughs of London

Next to the boroughs of Kingston

found north of the River Thames

City Newham and Hackney

River Thames.

and Hounslow.

Approximately 17 miles from

Richmond to Tower Hamlets.

Richmond
Upon
Thames

Tower
Hamlets

Population Structure of Richmond

The usual resident population of the London Borough of Richmond upon

Thames according to the 2011 Census estimate is 187,000.

The 2011 Census data tells us that Kew has the highest population in the
borough (11,436 people) which is 21.8% bigger than Hampton North, the
town with the smallest population (9,387 people).

The population of Richmond is made up of 48.7% men and 51.3%

women a slightly more pronounced reflection of the higher proportion
of women in England and Wales, England and London.

13.5% of the population are people aged 65 and over and 2.1% are
aged 85 and over.

Population Structure of Tower

Hamlets

Tower hamlets has a population of 196,000.

The borough has the lowest median age in the country at 29 along with
Newham, compared to the London average median age of 33.

Nationally, Tower Hamlets has the lowest proportion of residents aged

over 65 at 6.1 per cent of the population. This is significantly lower than
the London average of 11.1 per cent and 16.3 per cent of residents in
England.

Women make up 48.5 per cent of the population. The overall rate for
the Tower Hamlets is 106 males per 100 females, compared with 98 per
100 for London, and 97 per 100 for England.

There are some significant imbalances in specific age bands with the
greatest imbalance in the 40-44 age range where it reaches 132 males
for every 100 females

Tables/ Figures
Gender:
Area

Male
Population

Female
population

Male
%

Female %

Tower Hamlets

100,940

95,060

51.5%

48.5%

Richmond
Upon Thames

91,100

95,800

48.7%

51.3%

Population Pyramids:

Ethnicity
Richmond Upon Thames
Although the majority of residents

in the borough are still White British

this proportion has fallen from
78.72% in 2001 to 71.44% in 2011.

Over 75.71% of people in the

borough were born in the UK.

4.55% of the Richmond

population were born in Europe

The number of people who

declared themselves Christian,

dropped by over 10% from 65.83%
in 2001 to 55.25% in 2011.

Tower Hamlets
27 per cent of people identified

themselves as Christian.

The borough has the highest

proportion of Muslim people of any

local authority area in the country
at 35 per cent.

Approximately 35 %of Tower

Hamlets residents were born

outside the UK.

The largest ethnic group is the

Bangladeshi population, who

account for one third of all
residents.

Tower Hamlets

Percentage of
those born in
the UK (Tower
Hamlets):

Housing
Richmond Upon Thames
79,800 houses in 2011 compared

to 76,100 houses in 2001 (2.9%

increase).

Tower Hamlets
All Household Spaces
With At Least One
Usual Resident
1 Person in Household
2 People in Household
3 People in Household
4 People in Household
5 People in Household
6 People in Household
7 People in Household
8 or More People in
Household

Richmond

101257
35047
30440
13223
10124
5575
4051
1493

79835
26008
25479
12428
11198
3607
902
133

1304

80

Tower Hamlets
105,000 houses in 2011.

Work
Richmond Upon Thames
The number of people in

employment in Richmond is
comparatively high with 69.8% of
the population aged 16-74
economically active and in
some form of paid employment.

72% of the population of

Richmond work in managerial,

professional and technical jobs

Only 5% work in elementary

positions such as manufacturing,

processing or cleaning

Only 3 % are unemployed

Tower Hamlets
13,259 residents are

unemployed.

This translates to a rate of 6.7 per

cent substantially above the 5.2

per cent in London

In Tower Hamlets, 27,430 working

age claimants were in receipt of

out-of-work benefits as at May
2015 - this represents around 16
per cent of the working age
population.

57.6% were employed