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Bethnal Green Central

Middle area

North west Tower Hamlets. 7,901 people in 0.3 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Bethnal Green Central’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£500,000
952nd highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,496
4,416th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
8.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bethnal Green Central compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Bethnal Green CentralMiddle
Median sale price34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from £338,500 to £824,640. The middle area is £474,900. Bethnal Green Central is £500,000.
£500,000joint 12th highest
Population34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 5,815 to 13,809. The middle area is 8,793. Bethnal Green Central is 7,496.
7,49612th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 65.2% to 97.7%. The middle area is 87.9%. Bethnal Green Central is 85.4%.
85.4%13th lowest
Claimant rate34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 2.8% to 9.7%. The middle area is 7.2%. Bethnal Green Central is 8.8%.
8.8%joint 4th highest

Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets

These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Bethnal Green Central alone. See Tower Hamlets

Average house price
£447,796
Down 14.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,000
9th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.6
34th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bethnal Green Central in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bethnal Green Central was £500,000 in 2025.

Bethnal Green Central had 7,496 usual residents at the census.

In Bethnal Green Central, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bethnal Green Central, 8.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.