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Electoral wardE05009372

Hackney Central ward, London Borough of Hackney

Hackney Central is one of 21 electoral wards of Hackney London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,719 residents in 5,692 households — 16,342 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

Residents, 202112,719council ward average 12,340
Households5,6922.23 residents per household
Density16,342/ km²about 0.78 km² · London Borough of Hackney 13,603
Aged 65+8.3%London Borough of Hackney: 7.9% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 619
5–95.5% · 699
10–156.5% · 828
16–194.1% · 519
20–246.6% · 835
25–3426.5% · 3,365
35–4922.1% · 2,814
50–6415.6% · 1,981
65–745.1% · 646
75–842.3% · 297
85+0.9% · 116

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van69.2% · 3,941
1 car or van27.5% · 1,567
2 cars or vans2.8% · 157
3 or more0.5% · 26
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright7.8% · 442
With mortgage13.9% · 790
Shared ownership2.0% · 116
Social rented48.1% · 2,738
Private rented28.1% · 1,597
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house1.1% · 63
Semi-detached house2.7% · 155
Terraced house9.1% · 518
Purpose-built flat61.9% · 3,522
Converted house19.5% · 1,111
Other conversion3.4% · 193
Above shop / office2.1% · 121
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009372
Region
London
Density rank in council
8 of 21

Council offices in this ward

THackney Town HallTown hall · E8 1EA

Other wards in the same constituency

DDalston6.0% aged 65+ · 27.0% owned8,880HHackney Wick8.5% aged 65+ · 21.2% owned12,306HHaggerston7.3% aged 65+ · 17.2% owned14,409HHomerton6.7% aged 65+ · 19.3% owned13,884HHoxton East & Shoreditch6.1% aged 65+ · 16.5% owned11,768HHoxton West5.8% aged 65+ · 18.6% owned13,752LLondon Fields10.0% aged 65+ · 25.1% owned12,682VVictoria8.7% aged 65+ · 23.8% owned12,156

All 21 wards of London Borough of Hackney

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.