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Hackney has the joint fourth-smallest share of semi-detached houses (0.9%), the joint third-smallest share of detached houses (0.2%) and the sixth-largest share of flats and maisonettes (82.0%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint sixth-lowest average number of bedrooms per home (2.08 bedrooms) and the ninth-smallest share of three-bedroom homes (22.1%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA7B26C30D21E11F4G1FlatTerracedNot recordedColour shows the band, shape the typeA7B26C30D21E11F4G1FlatTerracedNot recorded

More than half are flats and maisonettes

Flats and maisonettes make up more than half of the homes in Hackney; after them come terraced houses (15.4%), semi-detached houses, bungalows (0.3%) and detached houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Kensington and Chelsea, followed by Islington and Southwark. The typical home of each type sits in band F for semi-detached houses, band E for detached houses, band E for terraced houses, band C for bungalows and band C for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of London is in terraced houses: 9.0 points below the share there (24.4%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes82.0%ABCDETerraced houses15.4%CDEFSemi-detached houses0.9%DEFGDetached houses0.2%DEFGHBungalows0.3%ABCD

Two bedrooms is the usual size

Two-bedroom homes (35.3%) are the most common size, then one-bedroom (34.1%) and three-bedroom. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 8.4%. A detached house here has 3.2 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom34.1%2 bedrooms35.3%3 bedrooms22.1%4 bedrooms5.9%5 bedrooms1.7%6+ bedrooms0.8%

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England29%Before19006%1900–19188%1919–193916%1945–196410%1965–19826%1983–199916%2000–20158%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England29%<19006%19008%191916%194510%19656%198316%20008%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (29.3%), from 1945 to 1964 (16.2%) and from 2000 to 2015 (15.8%). Some 9,360 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 4.9% of these newer homes and 34.9% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built before 1900, band B for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band D for those built from 2000 to 2015. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,530 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 410 homes (+0.34%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026CDEFBuilt before 2016ABCDE

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Hackney gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 62.0%, with band C the largest single band (29.8%). The share in bands A and B, 32.8%, is 10.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F and G. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Lambeth. Band H, the top band, holds 60 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA6.7%B26.1%C29.8%D21.0%E11.2%F4.1%G1.1%H0.0%HackneyLondonEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Hackney are Broadland (13.8), Lewisham (15.1) and Canterbury (16.0); the furthest within London is the City of London (117.9).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Hackney comes 29th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Greenwich and just ahead of Lewisham. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveHackney 5%1%53%