Whitechapel
Middle areaWest Tower Hamlets. 7,390 people in 0.4 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
Under 60%98% or more
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Whitechapel’s wards yet.
How Whitechapel compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
WhitechapelMiddle
Median sale price34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2025
£400,5006th lowest
Population34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2021
6,5145th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
84.6%11th lowest
Claimant rate34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Aug 2026
7.1%16th 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 Whitechapel alone. See Tower Hamlets
Whitechapel in brief
The median price paid for a home in Whitechapel was £400,500 in 2025.
Whitechapel had 6,514 usual residents at the census.
In Whitechapel, 84.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Whitechapel, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.