Tower Hamlets

Borough · London · United Kingdom

East London borough with the towers of Canary Wharf, Brick Lane and Whitechapel, Victoria Park and riverside Wapping. The youngest population in London.

Median rent, 2-bed home£2,300 per month
Price level£££££
Good forEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Young professionals working in the City or Canary Wharf

Watch out for

Overcrowding and noise in some areas

Neighborhoods

  • Canary Wharf
  • Whitechapel
  • Bethnal Green
  • Bow
  • Wapping
  • Poplar

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Tower Hamlets was £2,300 in 2025/26, 13% above the London average. It is the 8th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£862
Studio£1,750
1 bedroom£1,850
2 bedrooms£2,300
3 bedrooms£2,800
4+ bedrooms£3,800

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Tower Hamlets

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
E1Aldgate, Bethnal Green East, Bethnal Green West, Bishopsgate, Bow West, Hoxton East & Shoreditch£1,900£2,500£2,850
E1WShadwell, St Katharine's & Wapping, Whitechapel£1,997£2,560£3,000
E2Bethnal Green East, Bethnal Green West, Haggerston, Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Weavers£1,850£2,400£2,925
E3Bow East, Bow West, Bromley North, Bromley South, Canning Town North, Lansbury£1,700£2,100£2,700
E14Blackwall & Cubitt Town, Canary Wharf, Island Gardens, Lansbury, Limehouse, Mile End£1,900£2,350£2,850
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereTower HamletsLondon
Population310,3068,799,725
One-person households32.0%29.3%
Children under 1517.4%18.1%
Aged 15–2416.2%12.3%
Aged 65 and over5.6%11.9%
Social housing rentals35.9%23.1%
Private rentals38.2%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes25.7%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • Elizabeth, Jubilee, Central, District lines; DLR; Overground

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