About Hammersmith & Fulham

Children Playing Football
Children Playing Football
Side view of Hammersmith Bridge
Side view of Hammersmith Bridge
Child Playing Piano
Child Playing Piano

Hammersmith & Fulham combines all the very best of London in one borough:

  • a thriving cityscape full of commercial opportunity and entrepreneurship
  • wonderful parks and open spaces from the glorious terrain of Wormwood Scrubs to the delightful Bishop’s Park
  • a two-mile stretch of the Thames flowing under the iconic Hammersmith Bridge
  • seven superb theatres catering to all tastes including the world-famous Hammersmith Eventim Apollo
  • three professional football teams (Chelsea, Fulham and QPR)
  • great connections with 15 tube stations and direct rail links to Heathrow and Gatwick
  • superb open-air markets such as at Shepherds Bush and North End Road
  • the site of a globally-esteemed university (Imperial College London)
  • dozens of impressive schools and a wide choice of property for making a home
  • Europe’s largest urban shopping mall (Westfield London).

The borough profile

The borough profile provides a dynamic picture of life in the borough and presents information in a visual and easy to use format. The data is presented in maps, tables and graphs.

Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Profile 2018 (pdf 3.2MB)

The borough profile report is produced every four years. It is intended to provide an overall picture of the borough’s demographic, social, economic and environmental characteristics in an easy-to-use, graphic-driven format.

The subjects covered by the report are:

  • population
  • local economy
  • housing
  • social conditions and crime
  • education
  • health and social care
  • environment and leisure
  • transport.

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall measure of multiple deprivation experienced by people living in an area and is calculated for every lower layer super output area (LSOA), or neighbourhood in England.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has provided frequently asked questions about the IMD 2019 (pdf 340KB).

The Deprivation in Hammersmith and Fulham 2019 – report (pdf 1.62MB) is produced every four years.

You can also view the Deprivation in Hammersmith and Fulham 2019 – infographic (pdf 563KB)​​​​​​ to see the key findings.

The subjects covered by the report are:

  • crime
  • education, skills and training
  • employment
  • health and disability
  • housing and services
  • income
  • living environment
  • overall deprivation.