Coventry Cross Estate | Site Description
Coventry Cross, Image by Sarah Nisi, 2020
The Coventry Cross Estate is located in the Bromley-by-Bow Ward in Tower Hamlets. Over 70% of residents are from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups, which is much higher than the London average of around 40%. It is in the 3rd most deprived decile. Bromley-by-Bow also has one of the highest proportions of households with dependent children.
Tower Hamlets is undertaking a regeneration scheme in the Lower Lea Valley area, bordering the research site. The regeneration scheme includes more housing and employment opportunities: an attempt to redress the growing inequality in the area and the long-standing problem of unemployment.
Although the area suffers from deprivation, there are some public services in the area, which are providing high quality care and support for local people. The famous Bromley-by-Bow Centre is used by many of the residents as a primary healthcare facility, as a hub for skills development and for social support services.
Further information
How prosperous do people in Coventry Cross feel?
In 2017, households in the Coventry. Cross Estate research site were surveyed to find out how prosperous people feel. The survey asked questions about the factors that people said were important to their prosperity in the 2015 research about prosperity in East London. The survey asked questions about livelihood security, housing and work, the opportunities and public services people have access to, how they feel about the future and their local community, inclusion, fairness and whether they feel they have a voice in local decision-making.
The survey results and some secondary data were used to create the UK’s first citizen-led Prosperity Index, which compares the levels of prosperity in Coventry Cross to the average for Greater London. Below is the Headline Indicator Scorecard for Coventry Cross which shows the results using a 10 point scale where 1 is low (red), 5 is the Greater London average (yellow) and 10 is high (green). For example, an Index score of 2.0 for Real Household Disposable Income means the Coventry Cross research site has a higher than average percentage of households reporting very low levels of monthly disposable income after taxes, housing costs, utility bills and debt repayments have been made. Whereas an Index score of 8.7 for Social Networks means that a significantly higher percentage of people in the Coventry Cross research site have daily face-to-face contact with friends, neighbours or family members than the Greater London average, and are less likely to be lonely.
Information about the measures in the Prosperity Index and how it is compiled can be found here.
Coventry Cross Prosperity Index Scorecard based on household survey in 2017. Institute for Global Prosperity, published 2019.