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Hackney

London borough

North east London. 266,241 people in 19 square kilometres, the 3rd most densely populated council in the UK.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

60 of Hackney’s 149 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£605,729
Down 2.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,482
17th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.2×
19th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
31.8
27th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

How Hackney compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

HackneyMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Hackney is £605,729.
£605,72913th highest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Hackney is −2.6%.
−2.6%joint 31st weakest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Hackney is £49,482.
£49,48217th highest
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. Hackney is 12.2×.
12.2×19th least affordable
Deprivation scoreEngland only296 areas, England · 2025
Deprivation score: every council in England296 areas from 5.9 to 43.5. The middle area is 19.0. Hackney is 31.8.
31.827th most deprived

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and deprivation score.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks them together.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Hackney’s is 4.8 times its 2000 level, faster than London’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Hackney, London, England, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthHackneyLondonEngland
Jan 2000£125,243£139,611£71,017
Jan 2001£143,819£160,094£79,663
Jan 2002£170,603£181,823£90,840
Jan 2003£204,134£221,778£114,816
Jan 2004£215,038£234,296£131,914
Jan 2005£238,369£248,820£149,713
Jan 2006£246,326£256,767£157,240
Jan 2007£276,286£286,542£171,666
Jan 2008£318,655£319,663£181,037
Jan 2009£307,514£270,949£153,585
Jan 2010£305,856£299,459£164,711
Jan 2011£304,203£308,301£164,697
Jan 2012£335,152£315,128£164,449
Jan 2013£362,867£333,332£166,938
Jan 2014£429,128£380,935£177,748
Jan 2015£485,309£431,270£191,523
Jan 2016£565,035£489,741£208,050
Jan 2017£580,485£509,175£218,655
Jan 2018£570,429£513,622£227,594
Jan 2019£545,465£503,232£230,974
Jan 2020£574,592£509,527£234,049
Jan 2021£606,513£529,101£249,890
Jan 2022£607,358£550,635£270,231
Jan 2023£611,019£570,869£285,817
Jan 2024£607,243£551,097£278,060
Jan 2025£608,658£563,861£287,264
Jan 2026£621,067£553,557£290,511
Jul 2026£605,729£550,037£293,479

Wards in Hackney21

Middle areas in Hackney30

Constituencies mostly in Hackney2

Neighbourhoods in Hackney149
Hackney in brief

Hackney’s average house price was £605,729 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Hackney earned a median of £49,482 in 2025.

A home in Hackney costs 12.2 times local full-time pay.

Hackney has a deprivation score of 31.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.