The population is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse
The population of London is youthful
The motorways, roads, rail and air connections network has made it more accessible than ever.
Defunct industrial sites along the Thames and the city’s hundred-mile network of canals are being reinvented as new neighbourhoods. This started in the 1980s with Canary Warf, where over 100,000 people are employed.
London has changed in many ways
From 1990 to 2015 the population grew from 6.4 million people to 8.7 million
From 2001 to 2011 the proportion of Londoners born outside of the UK has increased from 28% to 37%
From 2014 to 2017 the proportion of Londoners unemployed has decreased from 6.5% to 4.9%
From 2010 to 2016 the number of people commuting into London for 2+ Hours increased from 2.8 million to 3.7 Million
