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Ethnicity and Demography of Tower Hamlets

The Tower Hamlets/Brick Lane area is the heart of the Bangladeshi-Sylheti community. The area is split for the census into Spitalfields and Banglatown and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH).

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Demography

  • According to the 2011 census, the population for Spitalfields and Banglatown Ward was 12,578.
    • 6782 males (53.9%) and 5796 females (46.1%).
  • The population density was 145 people per hectare (LBTH average of 129 people per hectare).
  • There were slightly fewer residents aged 0-15 years old than the LBTH average.
  • Spitalfields and Banglatown Ward has a high proportion of its population in the 20-40 age group – these are economically active people including immigrants.
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Religion and race

  • The dominant religion is Islam.
  • There is a much lower proportion of residents who are white British in Spitalfields and Banglatown than the LBTH, and national, average.

Socio-Economics of the Tower Hamlets Area

Deprivation is widespread but gentrification has started to improve things.

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Deprivation

  • Deprivation is widespread in Tower Hamlets council (LBTH). The borough is one of the most deprived areas in the country.
  • But the 2015 Index of Multiple Deprivation found fewer areas of LBTH to be among the most deprived 10% in England compared with 2010.
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Gentrification

  • Gentrification has accounted for some of this improving trend as middle-class families moved into traditionally poorer parts of London.
  • Some poorer people have moved to boroughs in the outskirts where housing costs and rents are lower.
  • The inward movement of art galleries and their owners, with associated tourist activity, has also played a role in making the area more fashionable.

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