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Electoral wardE05009376

Homerton ward, London Borough of Hackney

Homerton is one of 21 electoral wards of Hackney London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,884 residents in 5,531 households — 17,245 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

Residents, 202113,884council ward average 12,340
Households5,5312.51 residents per household
Density17,245/ km²about 0.81 km² · London Borough of Hackney 13,603
Aged 65+6.7%London Borough of Hackney: 7.9% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 865
5–96.2% · 855
10–157.7% · 1,075
16–194.7% · 647
20–247.3% · 1,020
25–3423.2% · 3,228
35–4922.5% · 3,126
50–6415.4% · 2,136
65–744.3% · 591
75–841.7% · 241
85+0.7% · 100

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van69.3% · 3,832
1 car or van27.4% · 1,514
2 cars or vans3.0% · 166
3 or more0.3% · 19
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright6.8% · 375
With mortgage12.5% · 694
Shared ownership3.6% · 197
Social rented49.7% · 2,747
Private rented27.2% · 1,505
Lives rent free0.3% · 14

Type of home

Detached house0.7% · 39
Semi-detached house2.3% · 126
Terraced house9.2% · 506
Purpose-built flat72.0% · 3,981
Converted house9.2% · 508
Other conversion3.8% · 210
Above shop / office2.7% · 151
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
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.