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Columbia Road

Middle area

North west Tower Hamlets. 6,076 people in 0.3 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 Columbia Road’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£575,000
586th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,931
2,655th lowest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Columbia Road compares

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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. Columbia Road is £575,000.
£575,0006th 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. Columbia Road is 5,931.
5,9313rd lowest
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%. Columbia Road is 80.5%.
80.5%8th lowest
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%. Columbia Road is 7.6%.
7.6%joint 10th highest

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 Columbia Road 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
Columbia Road in brief

The median price paid for a home in Columbia Road was £575,000 in 2025.

Columbia Road had 5,931 usual residents at the census.

In Columbia Road, 80.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Columbia Road, 7.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.