General Description
Enfield is the 5th largest London borough by population. The estimated increase in the population from 2001 to 2007 was 2.8%. The latest projections show little growth in the next few years – the longer term picture is uncertain and will be affected by London wide policies and economic conditions. Enfield is a very diverse Borough, socially, economically and ethnically. It is estimated that over the half the population is of minority ethnic origin (non White British) and Enfield is believed to have the largest Cypriot community in the country.
Population Size
There were estimated to be 285,100 people in Enfield at mid-2007
Source: ONS 2007 mid-year estimates
The latest GLA projection for 2016 is between 284,300 and 290,900
Source: GLA 2007 Round of Demographic Projections, Low and High variants, respectively
Deprivation
The commonly used measures of derivation are the Government’s published indices, particularly the Index of Multiple Deprivation, the latest relating to the position in 2005:
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Source of data: Indices of Deprivation 2007, DCLG
Link to data – ward level
Age structure
Enfield has a large population of both 0-15s and older people in comparison to the rest of London. The child population is also large compared to the national average:
Proportion of children (aged 0-15) in the population at mid-2007:
| Region | Percent |
|---|
| Enfield | 21.2% |
| London | 19.3% |
| England | 18.9% |
Proportion of people aged 80+ in the population at mid-2007:
| Region | Percent |
|---|
| Enfield | 3.8% |
| London | 3.4% |
| England | 4.5% |
Source ONS 2007 mid-year estimates
Link to data
Projected changes in age structure are shown by the graph below:
Source ONS 2007 mid-year estimates
Ethnicity
The Council has produced an ‘Ethnicity Baseline’ to estimate the size and age structure of 22 ethnic groups, to attempt to better represent the contemporary picture than portrayed by other statistics such as the 2001 Census.
Using all non White British as meaning Black & Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, their proportion in Enfield, according to the above estimates, was 52.5% at mid-2007.
Link to data
Disability
There is no one accepted way of measuring disability. A commonly quoted statistic relates to those who recorded themselves as having ‘limiting long term illness’ in the 2001 Census – this was 16.1% of the population.
Link to data [latest estimate]