South Hackney

Hackney · London · population 8,437 · 5 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,667 of 6,856 in England
  • #868 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 30 in Hackney
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,325
Median age (est.)35
Density12,944per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above48%
No car or van59%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 36%45–64 25%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 56%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 56%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 17%Other: 17%
One person 37%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 17%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 21% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Administrative6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 55%Asian: 8%Black: 23%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 55%Asian 8%Black 23%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 39% · Christian 37% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 32%

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

South Hackney is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,667 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 30 in Hackney. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (69) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £665,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 49 sales), 15% above the wider Hackney median of £580,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,422 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,708
Employment 16 · #5,770
Education 69 · #2,109
Health 18 · #5,653
Crime 15 · #5,845
Housing & access 19 · #5,564
Living environment 14 · #5,880

House prices ?

£665,000median (12m) · -10.7% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£665,00049-10.7%+24.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£1,185,00014+20.3%+16.2%
Flat£485,05031-10.2%-0.9%
This area£665,000
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)£44,422±£6,438 · #2,221 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,540
Price-to-income ?15.0×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,037 offences
Hackney122
London102
England83

Rank #5,514 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences275
Theft375
Burglary57
Vehicle crime77
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons89
Drugs44
Robbery51
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 209 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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