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Greenwich: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Royal Borough of Greenwich: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000011.

Council website · Publication scheme

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Greenwich for 2026–27: £1,597.35 of a £2,107.86 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 new provision), 0 closed

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s table has no figures for Greenwich for 2026–27: “RA return not received in time for publication.” The table

Life in Greenwich: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Greenwich.

People living here
301,225 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
35 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£29,396 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£785 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
29.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£462,868 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
10.1 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
57.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
58.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
2.5 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
89.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
101.2 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
11,225 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Greenwich from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

This council’s area is covered by the Greater London Authority, with the Mayor of London.

55 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 35, Green Party (E&W) 13, Conservative and Unionist 6, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 55 councillors, by ward
  • Gaumaya Ranabhat (Labour Party) — Abbey Wood
  • Jummy Dawodu (Labour Party) — Abbey Wood
  • Tom Creswell (Labour Party) — Abbey Wood
  • Christine St. Matthew-Daniel (Labour Party) — Blackheath Westcombe
  • Leo Fletcher (Labour Party) — Blackheath Westcombe
  • Mariam Lolavar (Labour Party) — Blackheath Westcombe
  • Bren Albiston (Labour Party) — Charlton Hornfair
  • Jessica Holland (Green Party (E&W)) — Charlton Hornfair
  • David Gardner (Labour Party) — Charlton Village & Riverside
  • Jo Van Den Broek (Labour Party) — Charlton Village & Riverside
  • George Edgar (Green Party (E&W)) — East Greenwich
  • Jo Land (Green Party (E&W)) — East Greenwich
  • Patrick Ives (Green Party (E&W)) — East Greenwich
  • Jane Dickenson (Labour Party) — Eltham Page
  • Paul Banks (Reform UK) — Eltham Page
  • Gabriella Olumide (Labour Party) — Eltham Park & Progress
  • Jeremy Fraser (Labour Party) — Eltham Park & Progress
  • Charlie Davis (Conservative and Unionist) — Eltham Town & Avery Hill
  • Patricia Greenwell (Conservative and Unionist) — Eltham Town & Avery Hill
  • Rob Sayers (Conservative and Unionist) — Eltham Town & Avery Hill
  • Calum Mulligan (Labour Party) — Greenwich Creekside
  • Tillie Muir (Labour Party) — Greenwich Creekside
  • Karin Tearle (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenwich Park
  • Stacy Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenwich Park
  • Austin McGrath (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenwich Peninsula
  • Claire Selby (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenwich Peninsula
  • Denise Scott-McDonald (Labour Party) — Greenwich Peninsula
  • John Fahy (Labour Party) — Kidbrooke Park
  • Nikki Thurlow (Labour Party) — Kidbrooke Park
  • Lewis Hurst (Labour Party) — Kidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe
  • Sandra Bauer (Labour Party) — Kidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe
  • Olu Babatola (Labour Party) — Middle Park & Horn Park
  • Rachel Taggart-Ryan (Labour Party) — Middle Park & Horn Park
  • Luke Warren (Conservative and Unionist) — Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
  • Matt Hartley (Conservative and Unionist) — Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
  • Roger Tester (Conservative and Unionist) — Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
  • Adel Khaireh (Labour Party) — Plumstead & Glyndon
  • Jit Ranabhat (Labour Party) — Plumstead & Glyndon
  • Tammy Aghedo (Labour Party) — Plumstead & Glyndon
  • David Monteith (Green Party (E&W)) — Plumstead Common
  • Leonie Barron (Green Party (E&W)) — Plumstead Common
  • Stewart Christie (Green Party (E&W)) — Plumstead Common
  • Max Green (Green Party (E&W)) — Shooters Hill
  • Tamasin Rhymes (Green Party (E&W)) — Shooters Hill
  • Averil Lekau (Labour Party) — Thamesmead Moorings
  • Femi Solola (Labour Party) — Thamesmead Moorings
  • Jahdia Spencer (Labour Party) — West Thamesmead
  • Nathan Baffour-Awuah (Labour Party) — West Thamesmead
  • Jackie Smith (Labour Party) — Woolwich Arsenal
  • Joshua Ayodele (Labour Party) — Woolwich Arsenal
  • Sam Littlewood (Labour Party) — Woolwich Arsenal
  • Anthony Okereke (Labour Party) — Woolwich Common
  • Elizabeth Ige (Labour Party) — Woolwich Common
  • Asli Mohammed (Labour Party) — Woolwich Dockyard
  • Raja Zeeshan (Labour Party) — Woolwich Dockyard

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.