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Hoxton East and Shoreditch – Hackney

Hoxton East and Shoreditch – Hackney London Borough

Hoxton East and Shoreditch - London Borough of Hackney District Ward
Hoxton East and Shoreditch – London Borough of Hackney District Ward

Hoxton East and Shoreditch contains approximately 5,294 households with a population of about 11,906 according to the 2011 census.

Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward lies in the south-west corner of Hackney, just north of the City of London.

The ward is home to many high-tech companies located around Old Street station, as well as parts of Shoreditch, an area that has become a focal part of London’s night-time economy.

The profile shows that the population of Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward has proportionately more young adults, and fewer under 18’s than Hackney.

It has proportionately fewer white British and black Caribbean people and greater shares of Chinese and other white people.

The ward has proportionally more single, multi-person and student only households, but fewer couples with children.

Over 40% of households in Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward rent their home from a private landlord, and there are fewer owner occupiers than the borough average.

The economic and social profiles of Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward show that more adult residents have degree-level qualifications or above, more of them have managerial and professional jobs and unemployment is slightly lower than Hackney overall.

Over 60% of working aged adults were in employment in the ward at the time of the 2011 Census.

Residents of Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward experience levels of health that are better than the borough average.

Postcodes in Hoxton East and Shoreditch include the following.

E1 6xxE2 7xxE2 8xx
EC1V 9xxEC2A 2xxEC2A 3xx
EC2A 4xxEC2M 2xxN1 5xx
N1 6xx