Rent in E5, London
E5 is a postcode district mostly in Hackney (it also reaches into Waltham Forest), with wards including Cazenove, Hackney Central, Hackney Downs, Homerton. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,250 a month, −6% against the Hackney figure and +11% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | E5 | Hackney | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,800 | £2,000 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £2,250 | £2,400 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £3,000 | £3,100 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £3,725 | £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 E5 include
Cazenove · Hackney Central · Hackney Downs · Homerton · King's Park · Lea Bridge
Who lives in Hackney
Census 2021, whole borough (Hackney vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 27.1% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 32.2% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 40.5% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 32.9% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 18.0% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7.9% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- N16 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,160
- E9 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,300
- E8 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,100
- E10 · Waltham Forest · 2 bedrooms £1,678
- N5 · Islington · 2 bedrooms £2,750
- N15 · Haringey · 2 bedrooms £1,875
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