It comprises the districts of Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale and Southall.

Ealing has long been known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its many parks and tree-lined streets; the term was coined in 1902 by borough surveyor Charles Jones.

The neighbouring boroughs are (clockwise from north): Harrow, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow and Hillingdon.

[12] Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly, the borough forms part of the Ealing and Hillingdon constituency.

There are 13 high schools under the domain of the local education authority, 12 of which are either comprehensive, foundation or voluntary-aided, and one city academy.

Country flags for example can be seen flown on the outside or hung inside of various pubs in the area, especially on St Patrick's Day.

Faith in Ealing (2021 census)[25] Ealing has a large British-Polish community that owes its origins to the World War II refugees and Polish armed forces finding both cheap accommodation and work in the Acton area, which then had a high proportion of London's light engineering companies involved with government war contracts.

This community has grown considerably including more shops with authentic Polish food since Poland joined the European Union and its migrant workers have been able to come to the UK freely; in 2011 the borough had the UK's highest proportion of Polish speakers at 6% of the population.

Southall in the west of the borough is home to one of the largest South Asian communities in the UK, the majority of whom are Sikhs.

Of the residents in the Northolt West End ward (as of 2011), 19.4% of them were of Afro-Caribbean heritage, with a relatively large proportion of these being Somali.

[30] There are also churches and centres for London's Hungarian[31] and Assyrian communities in South Ealing.

The club has a successful history, with many national and international honours, including the double Olympic gold medallist, Kelly Holmes.

The numerous National Rail and London Underground stations in the borough are: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 21.8% of all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 18.0%; bus, minibus or coach, 9.2%; on foot, 4.7%; train, 4.0%; work mainly at or from home, 3.0%; bicycle, 2.0%.