Rent in E1, London
E1 is a postcode district mostly in Tower Hamlets (it also reaches into City of London, Hackney), with wards including Aldgate, Bethnal Green East, Bethnal Green West, Bishopsgate. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,500 a month, +9% against the Tower Hamlets figure and +23% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | E1 | Tower Hamlets | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,900 | £1,850 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £2,500 | £2,300 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £2,850 | £2,800 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £3,900 | £3,800 | £3,353 |
Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.
Wards in E1 include
Aldgate · Bethnal Green East · Bethnal Green West · Bishopsgate · Bow West · Hoxton East & Shoreditch
Who lives in Tower Hamlets
Census 2021, whole borough (Tower Hamlets vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 25.7% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 38.2% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 35.9% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 32.0% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 17.4% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5.6% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- E1W · Tower Hamlets · 2 bedrooms £2,560
- E2 · Tower Hamlets · 2 bedrooms £2,400
- EC2A · Islington · 2 bedrooms £3,850
- SE16 · Southwark · 2 bedrooms £2,350
- EC1Y · Islington · 2 bedrooms £2,700
- EC2Y · City of London · 2 bedrooms £3,098
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