City Profile • Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets is a local authority district comprising 9 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £521k, reflecting a upward trend of 2.6% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (144 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
325,789
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
9 AreasPopulation Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Tower Hamlets authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
Bangladeshi34.6%
White: English22.9%
White: Other White14.6%
African5.0%
Chinese3.3%
Indian3.3%
Age Profile
25-29 years14.3%
30-34 years13.1%
20-24 years10.3%
35-39 years9.6%
40-44 years7.3%
0-4 years6.2%
Top Occupations
Professional31.5%
Associate professional17.9%
Managers and directors13.3%
Elementary occupations8.1%
Administrative and secretarial7.2%
Sales and customer service6.7%
Housing Tenure
Private rented: Landlord35.8%
Social rented: Other22.0%
Owned: Mortgage15.3%
Social rented: Council13.8%
Owned: Outright7.8%
Shared ownership2.6%
Area DNA
family1/10
health10/10
safety1/10
homeown1/10
transit3/10
affluence10/10
diversity10/10
employment4/10
investment9/10