Tower Hamlets: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£889,618

Semi-detached

£666,730

Terraced

£690,210

Flat or maisonette

£430,120

First-time buyers

£428,877

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  166,326 in 1991 → 331,886 in 2024 (+99.5%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £256,384 in 2005 → £447,796 in 2026 (+74.7%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £548 in 2008 → £856 in 2025 (+56.2%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  53.2% in 2004 → 66.2% in 2023 (+24.4%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  5.8% in 2001 → 6.7% in 2025 (+15.5%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £13,537 in 1997 → £32,568 in 2024 (+140.6%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Tower Hamlets; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access4 min (2019) · 2nd lowest of 326
• Productivity · Economy & work£73.0 per hour (2023) · 4th highest of 361
• Home gas use · Environment7,032 kWh (2024/25) · 3rd lowest of 347
• Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access775.6 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 3rd highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work50.3% (2024/25) · 363rd lowest of 363
• Obesity in Year 6 · Health & wellbeing28.4% (2024/25) · 286th lowest of 292
• Claimant count · Economy & work6.7% (2025) · 348th lowest of 361
• Employment rate · Economy & work66.2% (2023) · 332nd highest of 348

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)79.6 years · England 80.0 · 78th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)83.4 years · England 83.8 · 81st highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)59.5 years · England 60.9 · 86th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)59.2 years · England 61.3 · 93rd highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)341.1 per 100k · England 321.0 · 84th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)14.2% · England 10.4 · 134th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)55.6% · England 64.6 · 15th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)65.7% · England 68.3 · 117th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)49.4 score · England 46.0 · 30th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.6% · England 5.8 · 36th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)26.7% · England 19.8 · 122nd lowest of 153