Social housing in Hackney
40.5% of households in Hackney are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Hackney?
Hackney ranks 1st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 106,077 households, 42,952 are social homes (40.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Hackney compare with the UK average?
At +23.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Hackney sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Hackney at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Hackney.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Hackney has 107 schools — 74 state-funded and 33 independent. That includes 50 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of the 40 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 161 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Hackney, offering about 6,832 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Hackney sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 40% of its 149 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £8,440 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Hackney
See Hackney through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).