Deprivation in Hackney

Hackney has the greatest proportion of people living in the most deprived areas out of any local authority in England. The map below shows the relative variation of overall deprivation across the 19 wards in Hackney.

Source: DCLG; Graphic by: geirmund

How many people are deprived in Hackney?

There are over 5 million people living in the most deprived areas in England, almost all (98%) are urban.

Deprivation is experienced by individuals in every Hackney ward, and many people face multiple types of deprivation.

The data is from The Overall Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010, which is created by combining weighted data from seven different domains: Employment, Health and Disability, Education Skills and Training, Barriers to Housing and Other Services, Crime and Living Environment

Income Deprivation is a measure of the number of adults and children in families on

Income Support
Income-Based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Pension Credit (Guarantee)
Child Tax Credit

(and includes Asylum seekers in England in receipt of subsistence support, accommodation support, or both).

Employment Deprivation is a measure of the number of people involuntarily excluded from the job market and claim:

Jobseeker’s Allowance
Incapacity Benefit
Severe Disablement Allowance
Employment Support Allowance

(and includes participants in New Deal).

Definitions of the all types of deprivation can be found here

Hackney Ward	Population	Number of people who are income deprived	Number of people who are employment deprived
Brownswood	9955	2605	921
Cazenove	11915	3692	810
Chatham	11696	3965	1274
Clissold	11629	2544	963
Dalston	11082	3562	1264
De Beauvoir	11081	2988	946
Hackney Central	10894	3616	1174
Hackney Downs	10904	3657	1159
Haggerston	11560	3782	1195
Hoxton	11125	3724	1272
King's Park	10653	3940	1049
Leabridge	10938	3029	1005
Lordship	11537	3583	819
New River	11353	3995	932
Queensbridge	11088	3664	1247
Springfield	11872	4167	942
Stoke Newington Central	11102	2669	1011
Victoria	12063	3745	1263
Wick	10389	3751	1181