# Female life expectancy: highest and lowest London boroughs (2022 to 2024) Kensington and Chelsea had the highest female life expectancy of London’s 32 boroughs in 2022 to 2024, at 87.1 years. Barking and Dagenham had the lowest, at 81.7 years. The middle borough, Hounslow, had 84.7 years. 1 borough has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason. | Rank | Area | Female life expectancy | Note | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | 87.1 years | – | | 2 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | 86.8 years | – | | 3 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | 86.4 years | – | | =4 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 85.9 years | – | | =4 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | 85.9 years | – | | 6 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 85.8 years | – | | 7 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 85.7 years | – | | =8 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | 85.5 years | – | | =8 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | 85.5 years | – | | =10 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | 85.4 years | – | | =10 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | 85.4 years | – | | =12 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | 85.1 years | – | | =12 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 85.1 years | – | | =14 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | 85.0 years | – | | =14 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | 85.0 years | – | | 16 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | 84.7 years | – | | 17 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | 84.6 years | – | | =18 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | 84.5 years | – | | =18 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 84.5 years | – | | 20 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 84.3 years | – | | =21 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 84.0 years | – | | =21 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 84.0 years | – | | 23 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | 83.8 years | – | | =24 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | 83.7 years | – | | =24 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | 83.7 years | – | | =26 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | 83.6 years | – | | =26 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | 83.6 years | – | | 28 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 83.5 years | – | | =29 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 82.9 years | – | | =29 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | 82.9 years | – | | =29 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | 82.9 years | – | | 32 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 81.7 years | – | | – | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | No figure | ONS does not calculate life expectancy for the City of London or the Isles of Scilly because they have too few deaths and too small a population. | Source: Life expectancy for local areas of the UK, ONS life expectancy. Period: 2022 to 2024. Period: 2022 to 2024. ## Other rankings of this measure - [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/uk) - [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/england) - [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/northern-ireland) - [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/scotland) - [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/wales) - [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-east) - [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-west) - [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/yorkshire-and-the-humber) - [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/east-midlands) - [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/west-midlands) - [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/east-of-england) - [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/south-east) - [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/south-west) - [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female) - [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/london. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/london