Rent in E8, London
E8 is a postcode district mostly in Hackney (it also reaches into Islington, Tower Hamlets), with wards including Bethnal Green West, Dalston, De Beauvoir, Hackney Central. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,100 a month, −12% against the Hackney figure and +3% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | E8 | Hackney | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £2,000 | £2,000 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £2,100 | £2,400 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £3,275 | £3,100 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £4,700 | £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 E8 include
Bethnal Green West · Dalston · De Beauvoir · Hackney Central · Haggerston · Homerton
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
- E2 · Tower Hamlets · 2 bedrooms £2,400
- E9 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,300
- E5 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,250
- N16 · Hackney · 2 bedrooms £2,160
- N1 · Islington · 2 bedrooms £2,800
- N5 · Islington · 2 bedrooms £2,750
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