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Electoral wardE05009381

London Fields ward, London Borough of Hackney

London Fields is one of 21 electoral wards of Hackney London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,682 residents in 5,585 households — 12,463 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

Residents, 202112,682council ward average 12,340
Households5,5852.27 residents per household
Density12,463/ km²about 1.02 km² · London Borough of Hackney 13,603
Aged 65+10.0%London Borough of Hackney: 7.9% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 579
5–94.8% · 613
10–155.8% · 734
16–193.3% · 423
20–245.9% · 749
25–3426.9% · 3,407
35–4922.6% · 2,861
50–6416.1% · 2,044
65–745.7% · 729
75–843.1% · 394
85+1.2% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van65.5% · 3,659
1 car or van29.5% · 1,645
2 cars or vans4.1% · 231
3 or more0.9% · 50
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright9.3% · 520
With mortgage15.8% · 880
Shared ownership3.3% · 184
Social rented41.9% · 2,342
Private rented29.4% · 1,642
Lives rent free0.3% · 16

Type of home

Detached house1.8% · 98
Semi-detached house7.2% · 402
Terraced house16.1% · 897
Purpose-built flat58.5% · 3,266
Converted house10.6% · 592
Other conversion3.7% · 206
Above shop / office2.1% · 118
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009381
Region
London
Density rank in council
17 of 21

Other wards in the same constituency

DDalston6.0% aged 65+ · 27.0% owned8,880HHackney Central8.3% aged 65+ · 21.7% owned12,719HHackney 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% owned13,752VVictoria8.7% 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.