Standing view · population · Hammersmith and Fulham
falling, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2025.
The crude birth rate in Hammersmith and Fulham was 9.9 per thousand residents in 2023, 10.9 in 2024 and 10.2 in 2025, each recorded as a fall against the underlying population. Live births were 2,085 in 2024 and 1,948 in 2025, the general fertility rate 38.7 in 2024 and the total fertility rate 1.14. Population was 190,803 in 2024. The fertility rate is low by the standards of the measure, and the birth count fell between the two years published.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Hammersmith and Fulham. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Crude birth rate | 2023 | falling |
| Crude birth rate | 2024 | falling |
| General fertility rate (GFR) | 2024 | falling |
| Crude birth rate | 2025 | falling |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2024 | — |
| Live births | 2024 | — |
| Total fertility rate (TFR) | 2024 | — |
| Live births | 2025 | — |