Facts and Figures

Haringey in a nutshell

Haringey is one of London's 32 boroughs. It is located in the north of the capital and more than 11 square miles in area. Nearly half of its 224,500 people come from ethnic minority backgrounds. According to the 2001 Census the largest groups are:

• Caribbean - 11%
• African - 10%
• Asian (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi) - 8%
• Eastern European, Turkish and Kurdish - 5%
• Irish - 4%.

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This diversity is reflected in the fact that almost half of all pupils in Haringey schools speak English as an additional language, and in 2003, between them reported the use of over 160 languages at home.

It's often said that Haringey is an outer London borough with inner London challenges. It ranks as one of the most deprived boroughs in the country with 7.7 per cent of the economically active (i.e. those working or actively seeking work) population unemployed in March 2006. This is more than twice the Great Britain average of 3.6 per cent.

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However, a huge injection of funding from Europe and central Government is financing urban regeneration projects, boosting the local economy and creating local jobs for local people.

The borough is divided into two parliamentary constituencies: Hornsey and Wood Green, which has a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) and Tottenham, which has a Labour MP.

At a local level, the borough has 19 wards, each one electing three councillors to serve on Haringey Council. There are 57 councillors in total, 31 Labour and 26 Liberal Democrat.

To complete the political picture, Haringey and Enfield form one of the 14 constituencies of the Greater London Assembly (GLA). Currently this seat is held by Labour.

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For more information about Haringey, check out the pages listed below:

• Time Out in Haringey
• Alexandra Palace
• Bruce Castle Museum
• Cultural Strategy.

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