Arcola Street, London, E8 2DJ

People

Gender

In the UK, the overall gender distribution is approximately 49% male and 51% female. The local area around E8 2DJ is generally consistent with those figures, having a male population of 49.9%.

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
Female	51.2%	50.1%	-1.1%	51.0%	-0.9%
Male	48.8%	49.9%	1.1%	49.0%	0.9%

Partnership Status

Across the UK, the average relationship status breakdown is roughly 44% married, 38% single, 9% divorced, 6% widowed, and 2% separated.

In the immediate area around E8 2DJ, a significant portion of the population is single, making up 59% of the residents. On average, approximately 38% of individuals who responded to the census in the UK were single. Areas with higher single populations are typically urban centers, university towns, regions with dynamic job markets, rich cultural offerings and entertainment facilities. These regions also tend to have a younger demographic.

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
Single	49%	59%	10.0%	37.9%	21.1%
Married: Opposite sex	31.5%	25.1%	-6.4%	44.2%	-19.1%
Married: Same sex	0.7%	0.2%	-0.5%	0.3%	-0.1%
Civil partnership: Same sex	0%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%
Separated	7.8%	5.2%	-2.6%	2.2%	3.0%
Divorced	7.8%	7.6%	-0.2%	9.1%	-1.5%
Widowed	3.2%	2.4%	-0.8%	6.1%	-3.7%

Health

Across the UK, the average 48.4% rated their health as Very Good, 33.6% as Good, 12.7% as Fair, 4% as Bad, and 1.2% as Very Bad.

Population age significantly impacts residents' health. Additionally, socioeconomic status plays a crucial role: higher income levels and lower poverty rates are linked to better health outcomes. Affluent areas benefit from higher living standards, access to private healthcare, and healthier lifestyle choices.

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
Very good health	45.3%	47.6%	2.3%	48.4%	-0.8%
Good health	38.6%	29.9%	-8.7%	33.6%	-3.7%
Fair health	9.5%	14.6%	5.1%	12.7%	1.9%
Bad health	5.2%	4.8%	-0.4%	4.0%	0.8%
Very bad health	1.5%	3.1%	1.6%	1.2%	1.9%

Education and Qualifications

During the 2021 census, the educational qualifications of residents across the UK were as follows: 18.2% had no qualifications, 9.6% had 1-4 GCSEs, 13.4% had 5 or more GCSEs and 1-2 A/AS Levels, 16.9% had 2 or more A Levels, 33.8% held a degree (or equivalent), and 5.4% had completed an apprenticeship.

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
No qualifications	23.2%	23.9%	0.7%	18.2%	5.7%
1-4 GCSEs or Equivalent	14.9%	8.8%	-6.1%	9.6%	-0.8%
5 or more GCSEs, an A-Level or 1-2 AS Levels	15.6%	10.5%	-5.1%	13.4%	-2.9%
Apprenticeship	1.4%	4.5%	3.1%	5.3%	-0.8%
HNC, HND or 2+ A Levels	9.4%	13.1%	3.7%	16.9%	-3.8%
Degree or Similar	24.1%	37.7%	13.6%	33.8%	3.9%
Other	11.3%	1.4%	-9.9%	2.8%	-1.4%

Culture

Ethnic Group

In this area, the population is more ethnically diverse compared to the UK average. While 20.4% of the residents identify as white, which is lower than the UK average of 81.4%, there are significant representations of other ethnic groups.

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
Bangladeshi	5.5%	4.8%	-0.7%	1.1%	3.7%
Indian	4%	3%	-1.0%	3.1%	-0.1%
Pakistani	1.3%	0.7%	-0.6%	2.7%	-2.0%
Other Asian	1.2%	1.1%	-0.1%	1.6%	-0.5%
Black African	26.3%	25.3%	-1.0%	2.5%	22.8%
Black Caribbean	15.8%	15.6%	-0.2%	1.0%	14.6%
Other Black	9.5%	5.6%	-3.9%	0.5%	5.1%
Mixed White and Asian	0.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.8%	-0.1%
Mixed White and African	2.3%	1.3%	-1.0%	0.4%	0.9%
Mixed White and Caribbean	1.5%	1.7%	0.2%	0.9%	0.8%
Mixed Other	1.2%	5%	3.8%	0.8%	4.2%
White	25.6%	20.4%	-5.2%	81.4%	-61.0%
Roma	0%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%	0.5%
Arab	0.5%	1.5%	1.0%	0.6%	0.9%
Other	5.2%	12.5%	7.3%	1.6%	10.9%

Country of Birth

In this area, 53.2% of the population were born in the United Kingdom, which is lower than the UK average of 83.2%.

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
United Kingdom	50.6%	53.2%	2.6%	83.2%	-30.0%
European Union	6.8%	8.2%	1.4%	6.1%	2.1%
Rest of Europe	6.7%	6.5%	-0.2%	0.8%	5.7%
Africa	19.8%	17.7%	-2.1%	2.7%	15.0%
Middle East and Asia	6.3%	5%	-1.3%	5.6%	-0.6%
The Americas and the Caribbean	9.5%	8.9%	-0.6%	1.3%	7.6%
Oceania	0.3%	0.2%	-0.1%	0.3%	-0.1%
British Overseas	0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%

Length of Residence

	2011	2021	10y change (pp)	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
Born in the UK	49.9%	52.9%	3.0%	83.2%	-30.3%
10+ Years	3%	38.6%	35.6%	9.8%	28.8%
5-10 Years	4.8%	4.3%	-0.5%	2.9%	1.4%
2-5 Years	10.6%	2.4%	-8.2%	2.2%	0.2%
Less than 2 years	31.6%	1.8%	-29.8%	1.9%	-0.1%

Passport Held

	2021	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
United Kingdom	75.9%	76.7%	-0.8%
Ireland	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%
France	1.5%	0.3%	1.2%
Germany	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
Italy	1.7%	0.6%	1.1%
Portugal	2.6%	0.5%	2.1%
Spain	2%	0.4%	1.6%
Poland	2.6%	1.3%	1.3%
Other EU countries	0.9%	1.5%	-0.6%
Turkey	0.6%	0.1%	0.5%
North Africa	0.6%	0.1%	0.5%
Central and Western Africa	2.6%	0.3%	2.3%
South and Eastern Africa	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
Eastern Asia	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1%
North America and the Caribbean	2.6%	0.3%	2.3%
Central and South America	0.6%	0.2%	0.4%
No passport held	4.6%	13.5%	-8.9%

Religion

	2021	UK Average	postcode vs UK (pp)
No religion	19.4%	37.2%	-17.8%
Christian	42.4%	46.2%	-3.8%
Hindu	1.7%	1.7%	0.0%
Muslim	26.4%	6.5%	19.9%
Other religion	2%	0.6%	1.4%
Not answered	8.1%	6.0%	2.1%

Safety

Is Arcola Street dangerous?

Over the last 12 months, the overall crime rate around Arcola Street was 147.8 per 1,000 residents, which is 24.1% lower than the Hackney Central average. The most reported crime type was Drugs.

Arcola Street has the 17th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Hackney Central and the 272nd highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

Violent and sexual offences accounted for around 41.4 crimes per 1,000 residents and have been falling year on year. Over the last decade, overall crime has fallen by about -15.5%.

🔎 See full breakdown of local crime, hotspots & trends

Affluence

Household Income

Households in this area have a slightly higher level of wealth to the average household in England and Wales. 65% of analyzed areas in England and Wales have lower average household annual income than this area.

Average Household Income
£49,400

Income Rank
7/10

Household Income in E8 2DJ, Local Authority and Region

Deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) - 9/10 (very high )
Indices of multiple deprivation (IMD) is used to classify the relative deprivation (a measure of poverty) of the area. It considers the following domains:
Income Deprivation Domain - 10/10 (very high )
The Income Deprivation Domain measures the percentage of people in the population who are experiencing poverty due to having a low income. It includes both those who are unemployed and those who are employed but earn very little (and who satisfy the respective means tests).
Employment Deprivation Domain - 8/10 (high )
The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the working-age population in an area involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes people who would like to work but are unable to do so due to unemployment, sickness or disability, or caring responsibilities.
Education, Skills and Training Domain - 5/10 (average )
The Education, Skills, and Training Deprivation Domain measures the lack of education and skills in a local area. It has two parts: one for children and young people, and one for adults. The part for children and young people looks at their school achievements ('flow'), while the part for adults looks at the number of adults without qualifications ('stock').
Health Deprivation and Disability Domain - 8/10 (high )
The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of early death and poor quality of life due to bad physical or mental health. It looks at illness, disability, and early death, but not at behaviors or environments that might affect future health.
Crime Domain - 7/10 (above average )
The Crime Domain measures the risk of people and property being victims of crime in a local area.
Barriers to Housing and Services Domain - 10/10 (very high )
The Barriers to Housing and Services Domain measures how easy or hard it is to access housing and local services. It has two parts: one looks at how close local services are, and the other looks at issues like how affordable housing is.
Living Environment Deprivation Domain - 7/10 (above average )
The Living Environment Deprivation Domain measures the quality of the local environment. It has two parts: the "indoors" part looks at housing quality, and the "outdoors" part looks at air quality and road traffic accidents.
Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) - 10/10 (very high )
The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) measures how many children aged 0 to 15 live in low-income families. It is part of the Income Deprivation Domain, which looks at how many people in an area have low incomes. This includes both those who are unemployed and those who work but earn very little (and who satisfy the respective means tests).
Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI) - 10/10 (very high )
The Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI) measures the percentage of people aged 60 or older who have low income. It is part of the Income Deprivation Domain, which looks at how many people in an area have low income, including both unemployed people and those with low-paying jobs (and who satisfy the respective means tests).

Property Prices

Average property prices on Arcola Street are based on 37 property sales since the beginning of 1995. Estimated property prices are calculated by adjusting the last sale price by current House Price Index for Hackney.
StreetScan downloads house price data directly from the HM Land Registry and uses it to create these statistics.

House Prices for Arcola Street, London, E8 2DJ

Estimated Average Property Prices for E8 2DJ

Average Price
£1,110,670

Semi-Detached
no sales

Terraced
no sales

Detached
no sales

Flats/Maisonettes
£200,430

Other
£2,476,031

Estimated Average Property Prices for Arcola Street

Average Price
£453,475

Semi-Detached
no sales

Terraced
no sales

Detached
no sales

Flats/Maisonettes
£342,175

Other
£2,401,226

Property Prices Comparison

Latest Property Sales on Arcola Street

Address	Sale Price	Sale Date	Price Estimate 2025
4 - 8 Arcola Street, London, Greater London Other, an established residential building	£1,700,000	2018-10-26	£1,745,309
36E Arcola Street, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£108,330	2017-07-28	£110,393
36F Arcola Street, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£108,330	2017-07-28	£110,393
23 - 27 Arcola Street, London, Greater London Other, an established residential building	£3,000,000	2017-07-07	£3,057,143
Flat A 12 Arcola Street, London, Greater London Flats/Maisonettes, an established residential building	£187,000	2007-06-01	£362,336

View All Property Sales and Other Statistics for E8 2DJ

Employment

The percentage of student residents living in E8 2DJ area is much higher than the country's average. Usually places with high percentage of students are near Universities and near entertainment places.

Economic Activity

Full-Time Employee	142
Part-Time Employee	55
Long-Term Sick or disabled	41
Looking after home or family	38
Student (economically inactive)	33
Self-Employed	33
Retired	26
Other	22
Unemployed	15
Full-Time Student (with or without job)	14

Employment Industry

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles	44
Human health and social work activities	30
Transport and storage	23
Professional, scientific and technical activities	20
Accommodation and food service activities	20
Administrative and support service activities	18
Education	15
Other	15
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	13
Information and communication	13
Real estate activities	6
Construction	5
Financial and insurance activities	5
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	3
Manufacturing	3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	2

Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre 20 Halcomb Street , Hoxton N1 5RF	4out of 4	2,035 yd	Local authority nursery school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Wentworth Nursery School and Children's Centre Cassland Road , Hackney E9 5BY	4out of 4	2,810 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Columbia Market Nursery School Columbia Road , Bethnal Green E2 7PG	4out of 4	2,941 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
North Islington Nursery School 110-112 Tollington Park , N4 3RB	3out of 4	3,329 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Rachel Keeling Nursery School Bullards Place , Morpeth Street E2 0PS	4out of 4	3,713 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Princess May Primary School Princess May Road , N16 8DF	3out of 4	163 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Shacklewell Primary School Shacklewell Row , Hackney E8 2EA	4out of 4	218 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Halley House School 52-58 Arcola Street , Hackney E8 2DJ	3out of 4	251 yd	Free schools	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Matthias Church of England Primary School Wordsworth Road , N16 8DD	3out of 4	296 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Colvestone Primary School Colvestone Crescent , Hackney E8 2LG	3out of 4	432 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Petchey Academy Shacklewell Lane , Hackney E8 2EY	3out of 4	302 yd	Academy sponsor led	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form Clissold Road , N16 9EX	3out of 4	943 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Mossbourne Community Academy 100 Downs Park Road , Hackney E5 8JY	4out of 4	1,072 yd	Academy sponsor led	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Waterside Academy 317-319 Kingsland Road , E8 4DL	- not rated	1,701 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
City of London Academy Highbury Grove 8 Highbury Grove , Islington N5 2EQ	1out of 4	1,727 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School

16 plus

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Brooke House Sixth Form College Kenninghall Road , E5 8BP	- not rated	1,630 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
The London Screen Academy Highbury Grove , Highbury East N5 2AD	- not rated	1,685 yd	Free schools 16 to 19	No	Mixed	More About School
Workers' Educational Association 4 Luke Street , EC2A 4XW	- not rated	3,475 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Ada National College for Digital Skills Broad Lane , Tottenham Hale N15 4AG	- not rated	4,124 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Capital City College Group 211 Gray's Inn Road , WC1X 8RA	- not rated	4,522 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

All-through

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St Mary Magdalene Academy Liverpool Road , Islington N7 8PG	3out of 4	2,672 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
Harris Academy Tottenham Ashley Road , Tottenham Hale N17 9LN	4out of 4	4,841 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
George Mitchell School Farmer Road , Leyton E10 5DN	3out of 4	5,033 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Bobby Moore Academy 1 Siding Street , Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park E20 2AE	- not rated	5,052 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
Harris Academy Chobham 40 Cheering Lane , E20 1BD	4out of 4	5,190 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Garden School Wordsworth Road , N16 8BZ	4out of 4	306 yd	Community special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
The Children's House Upper School King Henry's Walk , Islington N1 4PB	- not rated	554 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Inspired Directions School 34 , London E8 3AZ	- not rated	828 yd	Other independent special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
The Boxing Academy AP Free School 1 Monteagle Way , Hackney E5 8PH	- not rated	969 yd	Free schools alternative provision	No	Mixed	More About School
St Paul's Steiner School 1 St Paul's Road , Islington N1 2QH	- not rated	1,197 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

Food and Drink

Restaurants, Cafes, Canteens

Business Name	Address	Distance
Mangal 1 Ocakbasi Restaurant Limited	10 Arcola Street	34 yd
Schnitzel Forever Hoxton	54 stoke Newington road London N16 7XB	63 yd
Sobe Burger	44 Stoke Newington Road	75 yd
Hazal Nuts	42 Stoke Newington Road	75 yd
The Moustache Bar	Basement And Ground Floor, 58 Stoke Newington Road	91 yd

Pubs, Bars, Nightclubs

Business Name	Address	Distance
The Nest	36-44 Stoke Newington Road	75 yd
Ruby House 3	76 Stoke Newington Road	86 yd
N16 Adana Spor F.C	80a Stoke Newington Road	91 yd
VFD	66 Stoke Newington Road	91 yd
Marquis Of Lansdowne	The Marquis Of Lansdowne, 48 Stoke Newington Road	95 yd

Takeaway, Sandwich Shops

Business Name	Address	Distance
Super Kebab	54 Stoke Newington Road	91 yd
Pizza Hot Fried Chicken	Ground Floor, 24 Stoke Newington Road	119 yd
Leads Eatery	87B Shacklewell Ln	245 yd
Mickys Chippy	2 Pellerin Road	286 yd
Voodoo Ray's	Basement And Ground Floor, 95 Kingsland High Street	344 yd

Supermarkets, Hypermarkets

Business Name	Address	Distance
Tesco	130 Kingsland High Street	351 yd
Sainsbury's	Dalston Cross Shopping Centre, 64 Kingsland High Street	512 yd
Marks & Spencer	51-57 Kingsland High Street	522 yd
Tesco	39 Stoke Newington High Street	752 yd
Dalston Co-Op Food	Ocean House, Dalston Square	769 yd

Sport

Facility Name	Sport Objects	Distance
Petchey Academy SHACKLEWELL ROAD	artificial grass pitch, health and fitness suite, tennis courts	305 yd
Legends Gym (Dalston) 6A 6A RIDLEY ROAD	health and fitness suite	498 yd
St Matthias Club CECILIA ROAD		619 yd
Mossbourne Community Academy DOWNS PARK ROAD	health and fitness suite	846 yd
Kings Gym Kingsland Road	health and fitness suite	869 yd
Hackney Downs HACKNEY DOWNS PARK HACKNEY DOWNS PARK DOWNS PARK ROAD	grass pitches, tennis courts	991 yd

Broadband

Technology Aviability

Percentage of premises that have Superfast Broadband (30Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	98.4%
Percentage of premises that have Ultrafast Broadband (100Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	67.7%
Percentage of premises that have Ultrafast Broadband (300Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	67.7%
Percentage of premises that have coverage from a Gigabit capable service from fixed broadband	67.7%

Speed Aviability

Percentage of premises unable to receive 2Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 5Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 10Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 30Mbit/s	1.6%

Download Speed

Median download speed	79.9 Mbit/s
Average download speed	94.8 Mbit/s
Minimum download speed	500 Mbit/s
Maximum download speed	500 Mbit/s

Upload Speed

Median upload speed	20 Mbit/s
Average upload speed	16.9 Mbit/s
Maximum upload speed	35 Mbit/s

Broadband statistics are based on Ofcom's Communications Market Report (CMR) 2022.

Overview of E8 2DJ