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.
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.