Royal Borough of Greenwich

Ethnicity

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group

! colspan="12" |Year

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! colspan="2" |1971 estimations

! colspan="2" |1981 estimations

! colspan="2" |1991

! colspan="2" |2001

! colspan="2" |2011

! colspan="2" |2021

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!Number

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!Number

!%

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!White: Total

!–

!96.3%

!190,718

!92%

!181,193

!87.3%

!165,357

!77.1%

!159,002

!62.5%

!161,006

!55.7%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: British

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 151,291 || 70.6% || 133,130 || 52.3%

|119,665

|41.4%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: Irish

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 4,871 || % || 4,291 || 1.7%

|4,230

|1.5%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| –|| –|| 430 || 0.2%

|385

|0.1%

|-

|White: Roma

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|882

|0.3%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | White: Other

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 9,195 ||4.2% || 21,581 || 8.3%

|35,844

|12.4%

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!12,765

!6.14%!! 17,118 !! 7.98% !! 29,894 !! 11.7%

!38,028

!13.1%

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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Indian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|7,107

|3.4%|| 9,389 || % || 7,836 || 3.1%

|10,128

|3.5%

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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Pakistani

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,251

| || 1,909 || % || 2,594 || 1.0%

|3,538

|1.2%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi

|–

|–

|–

|–

|381

| || 1,236 || % || 1,645 || 0.6%

|2,395

|0.8%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Chinese

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,681

| || 2,540 || % || 5,061 || 2.0%

|7,125

|2.5%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|2,345

| || 2,044 || % || 12,758 || 5.0%

|14,842

|5.1%

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!11,119

!5.35%!! 23,787 !! 11.1% !! 48,655 !! 19.1%

!60,602

!21%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: African

|–

|–

|–

|–

|3,903

| 1.87%|| 15,312 ||7.3% || 35,164 || 13.8%

|44,185

|15.3%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: Caribbean

|–

|–

|–

|–

|5,148

|2.47%|| 6,782 || % || 8,051 || 3.2%

|8,724

|3.0%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: Other Black

|–

|–

|–

|–

|2,068

| || 1,693 || % || 5,440 || 2.1%

|7,693

|2.7%

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Mixed or British Mixed: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–!! 5,850 !! 2.7% !! 12,274 !! 4.8%

!17,297

!6%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 2,175 || % || 4,011 || 1.6%

|5,142

|1.8%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 933 || % || 2,699 || 1.1%

|3,302

|1.1%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 1,353 || % || 2,361 || 0.9%

|3,491

|1.2%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| 1,389 || % || 3,203 || 1.3%

|5,362

|1.9%

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!2573

!1.23%!! 2,378 !! 1.1% !! 4,732 !! 1.9%

!12,132

!4.2%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–|| –|| –|| 1,069 || 0.4%

|1,462

|0.5%

|-

| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group

|–

|–

|–

|–

|2573

|1.23%|| 2,378 ||1.1% || 3,663 || 1.4%

|10,670

|3.7%

|-

! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total

!–

!3.7%

!16,519

!8%

!26,457

!12.74%!! 49,133 !! 22.29% !! 95,555 !! 37.5%

!128,059

!44.3%

|-

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! style="text-align:left" | Total

!–

!100%

!207,237

!100%

!207,650

!100%!! 214,490 !! 100.00% !! 254,557 !! 100.00%

!289,065

!100%

|}

Landmarks

left|thumb|514px|The [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich|Royal Observatory at left and the Queen's House right of centre]]

Central Greenwich Town contains a UNESCO World Heritage Site centred on Christopher Wren's Royal Naval College and the Old Royal Observatory.

Education

Schools

Further education

Greenwich Community College is the main publicly funded provider of further education in the borough, offering a range of academic and vocational courses and qualifications. Anglian College London is a private college offering further and higher education courses to students from around London and overseas. In September 2013, The Royal Borough of Greenwich Equestrian Centre – a partnership between Hadlow College and the Royal Borough of Greenwich – opened. At present it offers Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications in horse care, as well as a range of part-time qualifications and a BSc (Hons) degree in Equine Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Universities

The University of Greenwich main campus is located in the distinctive buildings of the former Royal Naval College. There is a further campus of the university at Avery Hill in Eltham, and also, outside the borough, in Medway. The Faculty of Music of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (formerly known as Trinity College of Music) is also housed in the buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital.

Ravensbourne University opened its new campus in September 2010 and is located next to The O2 on Greenwich Peninsula.

Sport within the borough

Greenwich Council owns many sports centres and these are operated by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL). They also run an outdoor swimming pool, Charlton Lido.

The largest football club in the borough is Charlton Athletic F.C., a professional club playing in the EFL Championship, There are three non-League football clubs, Bridon Ropes F.C. and Meridian F.C., who both play in Charlton at Meridian Sports & Social Club and Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. who play in Eltham at Badgers Sports Ground. There are several rugby clubs, most notably Blackheath F.C., who played at Rectory Field for 158 years, moving to Eltham in 2016. Blackheath Cricket Club still plays at Rectory Field.

Greenwich was one of the five host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and hosted 34 events in nine sports at three venues across the borough. Greenwich Park hosted equestrian events and modern pentathlon; the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich hosted shooting events; and The O2 arena hosted gymnastics and basketball finals.

Transport

River crossings

There are foot tunnels under the River Thames between Greenwich and Island Gardens in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and between Woolwich and North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham. The Woolwich Ferry takes vehicle traffic and links the North Circular Road to the South Circular Road which runs through the borough. A cable car crossing linking Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks opened on 28 June 2012.

River transport

The Thames Clippers commuter ferry service runs from Woolwich to Canary Wharf and the City.

Railway stations

All stations except Woolwich are served by Southeastern. Woolwich is served by the Elizabeth line. Abbey Wood is served by both.

Tube/DLR stations

The only London Underground station in the borough is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line. It was opened in 1999 and it is close to the Millennium Dome, which is now The O₂. The DLR serves Greenwich more extensively and a list of the stations is below:

• Cutty Sark (DLR)
• Deptford Bridge (DLR)
• Elverson Road (DLR)
• Greenwich (DLR)
• Woolwich Arsenal (DLR)

Travel to work

In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were driving a car or van, 17.5% of all residents aged 16–74; train, 10.2%; bus, minibus or coach, 10.2%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 9.7%; on foot, 4.1%; work mainly at or from home, 2.5%; and bicycle, 1.5%.

Economy

Tourism

thumb|Tourists at the [[Prime Meridian (Greenwich)|Prime Meridian, Greenwich Observatory]]

Tourism is becoming an increasingly important factor in Greenwich's economy. In 2015, 18.5 million people were expected to visit the borough for a day or more, generating over £1.2 billion; this figure was expected to increase by more than 25% by 2018. Evidence of the tourism boom included the construction of a 452-room InterContinental Hotel near the O2 Arena (opening in 2015). Apart from the many museums and historic buildings in Greenwich town and Greenwich Park, the main tourist attractions are the Cutty Sark, The O2 Arena, the London Cable Car, Eltham Palace (which expected over 100,000 visitors in 2015), Charlton House and the Thames Barrier. In addition, the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich is starting to promote itself as a tourist attraction.

Places

Parks and open spaces

The borough contains the Greenwich Royal Park. A small part of the Metropolitan Green Belt is within the borough.

Entertainment district

The O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) is located on the Greenwich Peninsula. It includes an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, and restaurants.

Religion

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Greenwich according to the 2021 census.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

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!rowspan="2"|Religion

!colspan="2"|2021

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!Number

!%

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|style="text-align:left" | Christian || 129,112 || 44.7

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Muslim || 24,715 || 8.5

|-

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Jewish || 603|| 0.2

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Hindu || 11,647 || 4.0

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Sikh || 3,229 || 1.1

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Buddhism || 5,034 || 1.7

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Other religion || 1,802 || 0.6

|-

|style="text-align:left" | No religion || 94,208 || 32.7

|-

|style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated || 18,716 || 6.5

|- style="font-weight:bold;"

|style="text-align:left" | Total || 289,068 || 100.0

|}

Coat of arms

Arms were originally granted to the London Borough by letters patent dated 1 October 1965. Although much of the 1965 design has been retained, the arms have been altered in 2012 by the addition of a representation of the Thames. In addition a crest and supporters were added to the arms.

thumb|The Woolwich [[United Buddy Bears|Buddy Bear]]

Twinning

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is twinned with:

• Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany (since 1965). The initiative of the twinning with this Berlin borough dates from the times of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. A London telephone box and a red pillar box beside Lake Tegel were gifted by Greenwich borough. A Berlin Buddy Bear in General Gordon Square (Woolwich) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the twinning.
• Maribor, Slovenia (since 1966).
• Tema, Ghana (since 2000). The town twinning with Tema has led to the opening of Tema's first Information Technology Centre (by the Duke of Edinburgh in 2000), the gifting of a mobile ICT learning centre to Tema (2005), the shipping of a converted Greenwich council passenger services bus, packed with books for school libraries and second-hand computers, as well as regular youth exchanges between Greenwich and Tema.