SLIDE 1
Population and health priorities
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- 1. BAME population
- 30% of our population are BAME
groups
- Largest BAME groups include Arabic
(7.2%) ‘other Asian’ (4.6%) and African (4.2%)
- 2. International
migration
- Highest level of international migration
in England
- Westminster have 37.4% of the
resident population born outside of the E.U. and 14.2 % born within the E.U.
- 3. LGBT community
- Est. 10,000+ LGBT people in the city
- Westminster has some of highest
levels of homophobic hate crime in the UK, and the highest rate of any London borough (529 offences between October 2017 to September 2019)
- 4. Young residents
- High proportion of younger people-
49% of the population are aged 18-44
- Highest represented group within 18-
44 age bracket is 20-24 year olds, who represent 12.1% of the overall population (28,982)
- 6. Rough sleepers
- Highest level of rough sleepers of
anywhere in the country
- 2,512 rough sleepers recorded in
2018/19
- 67 individuals who presented to A&E
- n at least 9 occasions in 2018/19
- 5. Poor outcomes for
most deprived
- Most deprived 20% more likely to
begin experiencing long term disability 10 years earlier than least deprived
- If nothing changes, more young
people will be growing up with long term health conditions
- 5. Ageing Population
- Annual cost of care for older people
with severe physical disabilities and LTCs to grow by £10.4m in next 5 years
- 16% increase predicted in the number
- f people aged over 85 years living in
Westminster in next 15 years
- 7. Sex Workers
- A study involving the Metropolitan
Police’s Clubs and Vice Unity identified the main UK areas of on- street prostitution were in 10 London boroughs including Westminster
- A 2012 Department of Health Task
and Finish Group reported between 80-100 known brothels in Westminster (the highest number in London
- 8. Faith
- Three most prominent faith groups
are Christian (45%), Muslim (18%) and Hindu (2%)
- Westminster is one of two boroughs in
London with the highest number of faith related hate crimes (435 incidents between October 2017 to September 2019)