The ONS has published life expectancy estimates for every lower-tier local authority in the UK, covering the three-year period from 2022 to 2024.
In the London Borough of Bromley, female life expectancy at birth stood at 85.7 years during this period.
This marked an increase from the previous three-year period of 2019 to 2021, when female life expectancy in the borough was 84.8 years.
The figure places Bromley well above the London average for women, which stands at around 84 years.
Bromley continues to outperform many neighbouring south London boroughs.
In Sutton, female life expectancy was recorded at 84.5 years, while Croydon reported an average of 84.3 years.
Women in Kingston upon Thames can expect to live slightly longer, at 85.4 years, while Richmond upon Thames remains one of the highest-performing boroughs in the capital, with a female life expectancy of 86.8 years.
Despite being geographically close to boroughs with lower outcomes, Bromley consistently ranks among the stronger performers for women’s life expectancy in London.
Life expectancy is shaped by a range of long-term factors including deprivation levels, housing conditions, employment, access to healthcare and environmental quality.
Bromley has comparatively lower levels of deprivation than many London boroughs and benefits from high levels of green space and housing stability, factors which are strongly linked to better long-term health outcomes.
Public health experts have previously stressed that life expectancy figures reflect decades of social and economic conditions rather than short-term policy changes.
ONS life expectancy data is used by councils, NHS bodies and public health teams to guide planning, target preventative services and address health inequalities across communities.
