Hackney

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Hackney. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Hackney, not our estimates.

• 3,519 births and 1,179 deaths: natural change added 2,340 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 5,010.
• International migration (net) added 245 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 15.
• Altogether the population fell by 2,410 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Hackney: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Hackney’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Hackney moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Green directly elected mayor (2026) — Green 42, Labour 9, Conservative 6 of 57 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (2016–2024); Labour directly elected mayor (2025); Green directly elected mayor (2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Hackney’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

39,516 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 148.4 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Hackney’s 149 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Hackney 004C (rank 890), Hackney 029C (rank 1,166), Hackney 001A (rank 1,212). Least deprived: Hackney 026F (rank 32,835), Hackney 025I (rank 24,913), Hackney 009C (rank 24,244).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 7.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£49,482 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 8.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£47,919 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 5.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£52,484 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · down 38.2% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026373 people
• Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20260 households
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,519 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026246,270 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026259,146 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · down 0.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 202613,640 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20267%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · up 98.2% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£346.7m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · down 12.9% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£36.9m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · down 31.9% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£85m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 5.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£19m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 9.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£763.5m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,060 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,179 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 2025120,850 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20252,903 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202517% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 20269,610 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 3.1 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20260.4%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 0.4% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£605,442
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20263,684 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026581 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202531.8 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202516.1% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202540% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-5,010 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20266,426 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026245 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20266,181 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,340 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202615 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025266,758 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20263.2%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 3.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£2,644 a month
• People resettled in each council area2019 Q2 · Home Office, published 27 August 20264 people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20262,289 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 8.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£959 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Hackney; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Hackney, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 11,1522012→9,6102024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Hackney, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 11,152 in 2012 to 9,610 in 2024, a change of 1,542 or 13.8% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  9,610 in 2024 − 11,152 in 2012 = −1,542, which is 13.8% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 9,610.39 and 11,152.21, and 9,610.39 − 11,152.21 = 1,541.81.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 11,152 in 2012 to 9,610 in 2024, a change of 1,542 or 13.8% (DESNZ).

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• 3,3982012→2,9032024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Hackney, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,398 in 2012 to 2,903 in 2024, a change of 495 or 14.6% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,903 in 2024 − 3,398 in 2012 = −495, which is 14.6% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,902.60 and 3,398.00, and 2,902.60 − 3,398.00 = 495.40.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,398 in 2012 to 2,903 in 2024, a change of 495 or 14.6% (DESNZ).

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• £1,512Year ending March 2021→£2,060Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Hackney, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,512 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,060 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £549 or 36.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,060 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,512 in the year ending March 2021 = £549, which is 36.3% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,060.30 and 1,511.68, and 2,060.30 − 1,511.68 = 548.62.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Hackney, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,512 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,060 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £549 or 36.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £30,0702008→£49,4822025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Hackney, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £30,070 in 2008 to £49,482 in 2025, a change of £19,412 or 64.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £49,482 in 2025 − £30,070 in 2008 = £19,412, which is 64.6% of the figure for 2008.

  17 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Hackney, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £30,070 in 2008 to £49,482 in 2025, a change of £19,412 or 64.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5562008→£9592025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Hackney, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £556 in 2008 to £959 in 2025, a change of £403 or 72.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £959 in 2025 − £556 in 2008 = £403, which is 72.6% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 959.30 and 555.90, and 959.30 − 555.90 = 403.40.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Hackney, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £556 in 2008 to £959 in 2025, a change of £403 or 72.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 154Year to mid-2012→-5,010Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Hackney, net internal migration by local authority fell from 154 in Year to mid-2012 to -5,010 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 5,164 or 3353.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -5,010 in Year to mid-2025 − 154 in Year to mid-2012 = −5,164, which is 3353.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, net internal migration by local authority fell from 154 in Year to mid-2012 to -5,010 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 5,164 or 3353.2% (ONS).

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• 7,229Year to mid-2012→6,426Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Hackney, international migration into a local authority fell from 7,229 in Year to mid-2012 to 6,426 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 803 or 11.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  6,426 in Year to mid-2025 − 7,229 in Year to mid-2012 = −803, which is 11.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, international migration into a local authority fell from 7,229 in Year to mid-2012 to 6,426 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 803 or 11.1% (ONS).

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• 4,779Year to mid-2012→6,181Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Hackney, international migration out of a local authority rose from 4,779 in Year to mid-2012 to 6,181 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,402 or 29.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  6,181 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,779 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,402, which is 29.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, international migration out of a local authority rose from 4,779 in Year to mid-2012 to 6,181 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,402 or 29.3% (ONS).

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• 2,450Year to mid-2012→245Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Hackney, net international migration by local authority fell from 2,450 in Year to mid-2012 to 245 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,205 or 90.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  245 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,450 in Year to mid-2012 = −2,205, which is 90.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, net international migration by local authority fell from 2,450 in Year to mid-2012 to 245 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,205 or 90.0% (ONS).

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• 4,445Year to mid-2012→3,519Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Hackney, births by local authority fell from 4,445 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,519 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 926 or 20.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,519 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,445 in Year to mid-2012 = −926, which is 20.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, births by local authority fell from 4,445 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,519 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 926 or 20.8% (ONS).

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• 1,060Year to mid-2012→1,179Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Hackney, deaths by local authority rose from 1,060 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,179 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 119 or 11.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,179 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,060 in Year to mid-2012 = 119, which is 11.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, deaths by local authority rose from 1,060 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,179 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 119 or 11.2% (ONS).

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• 3,385Year to mid-2012→2,340Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Hackney, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 3,385 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,340 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,045 or 30.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,340 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,385 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,045, which is 30.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 3,385 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,340 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,045 or 30.9% (ONS).

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• -1,978Year to mid-2012→15Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Hackney, other population change by local authority rose from -1,978 in Year to mid-2012 to 15 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,993 or 100.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  15 in Year to mid-2025 − -1,978 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,993, which is 100.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Hackney, other population change by local authority rose from -1,978 in Year to mid-2012 to 15 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,993 or 100.8% (ONS).

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• £606m2010 Q1→£346.7m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Hackney, outstanding council borrowing fell from £606m in 2010 Q1 to £346.7m in 2026 Q2, a change of £259.3m or 42.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £346.7m in 2026 Q2 − £606m in 2010 Q1 = −£259.3m, which is 42.8% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 346.70 and 605.99, and 346.70 − 605.99 = 259.28.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Hackney, outstanding council borrowing fell from £606m in 2010 Q1 to £346.7m in 2026 Q2, a change of £259.3m or 42.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Hackney with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Hackney and Birmingham
• Hackney and Leeds
• Hackney and North Yorkshire
• Hackney and Somerset
• Hackney and Cornwall
• Hackney and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

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Areas like Hackney

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Hackney’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Hackney said then and says now, with the periods named. Hackney since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Hackney are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.