Key Facts

Borough Profile

  1. Croydon covers 8662 hectares with 2770 hectares of green belt land and is the largest London borough
  2. The borough has approximately 8.5 million sq. ft. of commercial floor space
  3. Croydon has a population of nearly 340,000 and a working population of 160,000
  4. There are an estimated 13,000 businesses in Croydon
  5. Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities comprise 36% of Croydon residents
  6. Around 11,500 of Croydon's population are over 80
  7. There are currently 142,510 properties in the borough (October 2008)

Deprivation

2010 deprivation ranking shows

Fieldway is the most deprived ward

Selsdon & Ballards is the least deprived ward

Croydon has x LSOA'a in the 5% most deprived bracket

Population

As at 2010

Borough Population: 345,600

Male:       169,400

Female:    176,200

0-14:        67,800

15 - 64:    232,500

64+:         45,300

Enterprising

  1. Croydon is recognised as one of four major economic opportunity areas in the Capital.
  2. Croydon?s financial and business services sector is second only to the City of London in the South East employing 37,000 people.
  3. Croydon is one of the UK?s top 30 shopping destinations with 2.5million square feet of retail space and a £1bn turnover.
  4. Croydon has around 39,000 people employed in the public services sector and is home to the UK Border Agency and Land Registry.
  5. Set to generate in excess of £5million over the next five years Croydon?s Business Improvement District has 580 companies registered as members.
  6. On average 12.9%  of Croydon's working age residents are on out of work benefits (Nov 2010) but this masks a large disparity between wards which range from 5.5% (Sanderstead) to 22.2% (Fieldway).

Health

  1. Men in Croydon typically live longer than the national average 
  2. Croydon has more diabetics than the the UK average
  3. Croydon has a higher proportion of lone parent with dependant children households than London and England
  4. Croydon has a lower than average number of elderly people
  5. Croydon’s population tends to have a healthier diet and a lower proportion of obese adults than the national average

Environment

  1. 120 parks and open spaces covering 1,750 hectares of land
  2. Croydon has won a recent clean air Beacon award
  3. Domestic carbon emissions of 2.5 tonnes per capita
  4. Recycling and composting is currently at 26.8% (June 2008) 
  5. Litter on streets cut by 23% in 2007

Public Sector & Value for Money

  1. Public sector employment accounts for 7.8% of jobs
  2. 7 Beacons awards in 3 years demonstrates the Croydon Strategic Partnership's innovation