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Bow North & Fish Island

Middle area

North Tower Hamlets. 11,754 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Bow North & Fish Island’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£500,000
952nd highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,263
492nd highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bow North & Fish Island compares

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

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Median sale price34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from £338,500 to £824,640. The middle area is £474,900. Bow North & Fish Island is £500,000.
£500,000joint 12th highest
Population34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 5,815 to 13,809. The middle area is 8,793. Bow North & Fish Island is 11,263.
11,2637th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 65.2% to 97.7%. The middle area is 87.9%. Bow North & Fish Island is 92.4%.
92.4%8th highest
Claimant rate34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 2.8% to 9.7%. The middle area is 7.2%. Bow North & Fish Island is 6.8%.
6.8%14th lowest

Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets

These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Bow North & Fish Island alone. See Tower Hamlets

Average house price
£447,796
Down 14.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,000
9th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.6
34th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bow North & Fish Island in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bow North & Fish Island was £500,000 in 2025.

Bow North & Fish Island had 11,263 usual residents at the census.

In Bow North & Fish Island, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bow North & Fish Island, 6.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.