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Electoral wardE05009370

Dalston ward, London Borough of Hackney

Dalston is one of 21 electoral wards of Hackney London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 8,880 residents in 3,998 households — 16,598 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

Residents, 20218,880council ward average 12,340
Households3,9982.22 residents per household
Density16,598/ km²about 0.54 km² · London Borough of Hackney 13,603
Aged 65+6.0%London Borough of Hackney: 7.9% · under 16: 12.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 392
5–93.5% · 310
10–154.6% · 407
16–192.7% · 244
20–246.7% · 596
25–3436.1% · 3,202
35–4923.4% · 2,074
50–6412.6% · 1,119
65–743.6% · 317
75–841.9% · 166
85+0.6% · 53

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van73.0% · 2,920
1 car or van24.2% · 969
2 cars or vans2.2% · 89
3 or more0.5% · 20
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Hackney overall: 24.6% owned, 40.5% social rented, 32.2% private rented.

Owned outright10.2% · 406
With mortgage16.8% · 673
Shared ownership2.9% · 116
Social rented27.0% · 1,079
Private rented43.0% · 1,719
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house1.3% · 53
Semi-detached house2.8% · 113
Terraced house11.6% · 463
Purpose-built flat52.4% · 2,095
Converted house21.5% · 858
Other conversion7.2% · 288
Above shop / office3.0% · 121
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.