London's youth unemployment problems
Where does your borough rank? Here are the top three worst affected boroughs for 16- 24 year olds.
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Youth unemployment figures in London
According to the latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics there are 177,400 sixteen to twenty-four year-olds who are unemployed in the capital.
The study was carried out in 2012.
Below is a breakdown of the worst affected boroughs in London.
- Barking and Dagenham: 4,000
- Barnet: 4,800
- Bexley: 2,800
- Brent: 2,900
- Bromley: 3,200
- Camden: 2,300
- Croydon: 7,900
- Ealing: 6,800
- Enfield: 5,200
- Greenwich: 4,500
- Hackney: 2,000
- Hammersmith and Fulham: 2,600
- Haringey: 1,100
- Harrow: 2,900
- Havering: 3,400
- Hillingdon: 3,500
- Hounslow: 4,700
- Islington: 3,200
- Kensington and Chelsea: 1,000
- Kingston upon Thames: 1,900
- Lambeth: 6,100
- Lewisham: 4,900
- Merton: 2,200
- Newham: 4,900
- Redbridge: 2,600
- Richmond upon Thames: 1,500
- Southwark: 6,300
- Sutton: 2,900
- Tower Hamlets: 3,100
- Waltham Forest: 4,500
- Wandsworth: 4,000
- Westminster: 3,400
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