Rent in E9, London

E9 is a postcode district mostly in Hackney (it also reaches into Tower Hamlets), with wards including Bethnal Green West, Bow East, Bow West, Hackney Wick. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,300 a month, −4% against the Hackney figure and +13% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeE9HackneyLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,850£2,000£1,68430
2 bedrooms£2,300£2,400£2,03650
3 bedrooms£2,725£3,100£2,47230
4+ bedrooms£3,792£3,800£3,35310

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 E9 include

Bethnal Green West · Bow East · Bow West · Hackney Wick · Homerton · King's Park

Who lives in Hackney

Census 2021, whole borough (Hackney vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes27.1%46.8%
Private rentals32.2%30.0%
Social housing rentals40.5%23.1%
One-person households32.9%29.3%
Children under 1518.0%18.1%
Aged 65 and over7.9%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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