Camden Facts
It is important to build our future plans on an understanding of the borough today and also how it is likely to change over time.
- Camden is a vibrant London borough with a diverse population and many people moving in and out of the borough every year
- Camden has a high proportion of people aged between twenty and forty four years
- we know our population will remain relatively young, with the bulk of our population remaining under fifty years old
- our population is also likely to grow, by up to 10% over the next ten years if current trends continue. This growth is likely to put local services and housing under increasing pressure
- Camden is not only a place for residents, almost a quarter of a million people work here every day and the borough attracts a large number of visitors every year
- our economy is strong - contributing as much as 1% to the national economy - but many local people, particularly those living in our social housing and those disadvantaged by disability or illness, are without work
- Camden has some of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in London and some of the most deprived
- a third of children in Camden live in households that rely on state benefits
- three in four people think that their neighbourhood has a good sense of community
- demand for affordable housing far outstrips supply and almost a third of Camden’s households are overcrowded
- recorded crime has been falling overall but Camden experiences the crime that affects many inner-city areas and crime remains a key public concern
- Camden has a relatively high number - 4218 - of problematic drug users but is also high performing in terms of the number of users in treatment programmes
- almost half of Camden residents have qualifications of at least degree level while a quarter have few, if any, qualifications
- in 2006 Camden were placed seventh nationally for the value added by its primary schools while its secondary schools achieved their highest ever GCSE results for A* to C grades at 55%
- about 35% of Camden’s population smoke compared with 25% in England and about 17% of deaths in Camden are due to smoking
- there is a difference in male life expectancy of more than eleven years between Hampstead Town and St Pancras and Somers Town
- Camden’s carbon dioxide emissions are equivalent to nearly one and a half million flights to New York every year or nearly nine tonnes per resident
