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Hackney Downs – Hackney

Hackney Downs – Hackney London Borough

Hackney Downs - London Borough of Hackney District Ward
Hackney Downs – London Borough of Hackney District Ward

Hackney Downs contains approximately 5,508 households with a population of about 13,064 according to the 2011 census.

Hackney Downs Ward lies just above the centre of Hackney.

The ward contains a large park of the same name.

The profile shows that Hackney Downs’ population has a broadly similar age structure to the rest of the borough.

The ward has proportionately fewer white British and other white people and more black residents than Hackney as a whole.

It has proportionally more single adult, and fewer married couple households than Hackney overall.

Hackney Down’s tenure profile is similar to Hackney’s.

Hackney Downs’ economic and social profiles show that qualification levels in the ward are similar to borough averages.

Proportionally fewer adults in Hackney Downs are in work, but more are unemployed or long term sick or disabled than in Hackney as a whole. In 2011, nearly 60% of adults in Hackney Downs were employed.

Hackney Downs’ residents have generally poorer health than average for Hackney.

Postcodes in Hackney Downs include the following.

E5 0xxE5 5xxE5 8xx
E5 9xxN16 7xx