Dalston Kingsland

Hackney · London · population 6,026 · 3 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,310 of 6,856 in England
  • #537 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 30 in Hackney
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,941
Median age (est.)33
Density16,214per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above69%
No car or van75%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 9%25–44 60%45–64 15%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 52%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 19%Private rent 52%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 8%Other: 24%
One person 35%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 8%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Associate professional 25% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Associate professional25%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative5%
Elementary4%
Caring & leisure4%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 10%Black: 11%Mixed: 8%Other: 6%
White 65%Asian 10%Black 11%Mixed 8%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 26% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 46%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Dalston Kingsland is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,310 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 30 in Hackney. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (85) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here sold for about £612,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 100 sales), 6% above the wider Hackney median of £580,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,847 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 259 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 41 · #4,063
Employment 57 · #2,932
Education 85 · #1,019
Health 27 · #5,009
Crime 5 · #6,524
Housing & access 51 · #3,364
Living environment 11 · #6,126

House prices ?

£612,500median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£612,500100-0.9%+2.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£1,385,00011+7.4%
Flat£575,00087-5.0%-4.2%
This area£612,500
Hackney£580,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£51,847±£7,862 · #809 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£47,289
Price-to-income ?11.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

259 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,562 offences
Hackney122
London102
England83

Rank #6,305 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences314
Theft705
Burglary96
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons156
Drugs99
Robbery69
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 366 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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