The  State of London report  brings together over 100 datasets about life in the capital – covering its economy, environment, housing market, and social outcomes such as health and education, among many other topics.  Published annually by the GLA’s City Intelligence Unit, the report’s ten chapters provide an array of charts and data, organised around the outcomes...

London’s first Cultural Infrastructure Map brings together new research and information that has previously not existed in one place. It plots the location of cultural infrastructure and enables the user to view it alongside useful contextual data. This page contains cultural infrastructure data sets published in 2019. The data shown on the live map is more recent and can be found...

CLEVER Cities in South Thamesmead is a partnership between the Mayor of London, Peabody, Groundwork London, Young Foundation and Social Finance. The project is supported by The Social Innovation Partnership and its Community Research Programme.  The Community Research Team spent November and December 2020 gathering data from local people about their experiences in Thamesmead over the last year. The team hosted 9 focus groups...

The Taking Part survey is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England (and children aged 5 to 15 years old). The survey provides evidence for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) for measuring engagement with the cultural sectors in England.  This report summarises the results from the 2019/20 adult survey...

Data from the Inter-Departmental Business Register, providing information on: the number of public houses and bars (SIC 56.30/2) in London, by Local Authority the employment provided by public houses and bars in London, by Local Authority the number of public houses and bars in London, by MSOA, for 2001 to 2016

Use of public libraries, Visits to museums and galleries and Engagement in the arts. Libaries measures the percentage of adults who have used a public library service in the past 12 months. Use is for leisure purposes, including informal learning and studying or research for personal interests. Museums and Galleries measures the percentage of adults who have visited a museum or gallery...

London Borough level tourism trip estimates (thousands). The ‘top-down’ nature of the Local Area Tourism Impact (LATI) model (starting with London data) means it is best suited to disaggregate expenditure. However, tourism trips were also disaggregated for comparative purposes using the estimated proportions of spending by overseas, domestic and day visitors in the boroughs. Since the trip estimates are derived from...