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Electoral wardE05009374

Hackney Wick ward, London Borough of Hackney

Hackney Wick is one of 21 electoral wards of Hackney London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,306 residents in 4,946 households — 7,530 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

Residents, 202112,306council ward average 12,340
Households4,9462.49 residents per household
Density7,530/ km²about 1.63 km² · London Borough of Hackney 13,603
Aged 65+8.5%London Borough of Hackney: 7.9% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 579
5–95.4% · 661
10–157.8% · 965
16–195.3% · 653
20–247.4% · 914
25–3422.5% · 2,773
35–4922.0% · 2,706
50–6416.3% · 2,010
65–745.3% · 649
75–842.3% · 282
85+0.9% · 115

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van60.2% · 2,976
1 car or van34.2% · 1,692
2 cars or vans4.9% · 242
3 or more0.6% · 32
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright7.3% · 361
With mortgage13.9% · 689
Shared ownership3.0% · 148
Social rented52.1% · 2,578
Private rented23.5% · 1,160
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house2.3% · 115
Semi-detached house6.0% · 299
Terraced house19.8% · 978
Purpose-built flat56.0% · 2,770
Converted house11.2% · 555
Other conversion3.6% · 180
Above shop / office0.9% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.