Hackney population, 2001–2024
Hackney has an estimated population of 266,758 (mid-2024), up 28.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Hackney local authority area.
266,758
population, mid-2024
+28.7%
since 2001
+3.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (266,758)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 266,758 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 265,411 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 261,814 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 260,082 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 263,782 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 265,825 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 266,210 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 264,834 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 264,892 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 261,929 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 258,735 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 255,646 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 251,193 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 247,182 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 241,739 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 236,622 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 231,041 | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 224,480 | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 220,193 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 216,512 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 213,581 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 212,405 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 210,961 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 207,246 | — |
Food businesses
Hackney has 290 takeaways, 1,082 restaurants and cafés and 135 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.27 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Hackney has 310 hairdressers and beauty salons, 195 pubs and bars, 300 licensed restaurants, 215 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Hackney local authority area (code E09000012), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Hackney?
266,758, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Hackney local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Hackney growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 28.7% since 2001, from 207,246 to 266,758. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.