# Employment rate: highest and lowest London boroughs (March 2026)

Wandsworth had the highest employment rate of London’s 32 boroughs in March 2026, at 85.1%.

Kensington and Chelsea had the lowest, at 65.6%. The middle borough, Harrow, had 75.0%.

1 borough has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

| Rank | Area | Employment rate | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 85.1% | – |
| 2 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | 80.5% | – |
| =3 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 80.3% | – |
| =3 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | 80.3% | – |
| 5 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 79.7% | – |
| 6 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 79.3% | – |
| 7 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | 79.1% | – |
| 8 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 78.9% | – |
| 9 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | 78.3% | – |
| 10 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | 76.0% | – |
| 11 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | 75.9% | – |
| 12 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | 75.5% | – |
| 13 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | 75.4% | – |
| 14 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 75.2% | – |
| 15 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 75.1% | – |
| 16 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 75.0% | – |
| 17 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 73.8% | – |
| 18 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | 73.3% | – |
| 19 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 73.0% | – |
| =20 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | 72.7% | – |
| =20 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | 72.7% | – |
| =22 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | 72.4% | – |
| =22 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | 72.4% | – |
| 24 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | 72.3% | – |
| 25 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | 72.2% | – |
| =26 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | 71.7% | – |
| =26 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | 71.7% | – |
| =28 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 69.3% | – |
| =28 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | 69.3% | – |
| 30 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | 69.2% | – |
| 31 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | 68.3% | – |
| 32 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | 65.6% | – |
| – | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | No figure | ONS publishes no figure for this council in this period. |

Source: Annual Population Survey, ONS population survey. Covers Great Britain. Period: March 2026. Period: March 2026.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [Great Britain](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment)

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