Hoxton West – Hackney London Borough
Hoxton West contains approximately 5,694 households with a population of about 12,347 according to the 2011 census.
Hoxton West Ward lies in the south-western corner of Hackney, just north of the City of London.
The ward is home to the ‘Silicon Roundabout’ a cluster of high-tech companies located around Old Street station.
The profile shows that Hoxton West’s population has proportionally more young adults, and fewer under 18’s than Hackney.
It has proportionately fewer white British and black Caribbean people and greater shares of black African, other white and Chinese people.
The ward has proportionally more single and student only households, but fewer couples with children.
Over half of Hoxton West’s households live in social housing.
Hoxton West’s economic and social profiles show that a slightly higher proportion of its adults have degree-level qualifications or above and unemployment is around the same as Hackney.
Just over 60% of adults are in work.
Residents of Hoxton West Ward experience levels of health that are similar to the borough average.
Postcodes in Hoxton West include the following.
| EC1V 1xx | EC1V 9xx | N1 5xx |
| N1 6xx | N1 7xx | E9 6xx |