Variables of Living

This 3D graph plots three values for each of London's 624 wards:

• The median house price based on 2014 sales. Knightsbridge/Belgravia, with a median house price of £3.5m, is omitted.
• The average time it takes to travel from the geographical centre of the ward to Trafalgar Square in central London by public transport (train/bus/tube), for the next three journeys suggested by the Transport for London Journey Planner, on a weekday mid-morning in August 2015. Walthamstow area wards have a higher than normal result due to the temporary Victoria Line closure there. River Ward's centroid in Dagenham was moved north to public land.
• The score from the Index of Multiple Deprivation for 2010 (the 2015 data is due to be published next month). The score is a sum of scores based on measures on employment, education/skills/training, living environment, income, health/disability, barriers to housing/services and crime. A higher score indicates a more deprived area. The average score, across all LSOAs which have centroids within the ward, is taken.

The graphic was created by Oliver O'Brien at UCL Geography, using HighCharts. See my research blog for more information about the graph and my related work.

Data from the Land Registry via the London Data Store, from Transport for London via the TfL JourneyPlanner API and from the Department of Communities and Local Government via data.gov.uk. Boundaries (2011 wards and 2001 LSOAs) from the Office of National Statistics. Open Government Licence.