Housing in E14 7PQ
What the homes in E14 7PQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Limehouse East
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,107 (2024)
E14 7PQLondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (88%). Flats make up 95.5%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
23.3% of households in the E14 7PQ area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 54.1% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 4.9% own outright and 18.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned23.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership3.3%1%
- Private rented54.1%20.5%
- Social rented19.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 30.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (29.6%). 14.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Tower Hamlets
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Tower Hamlets (August 2026, +3.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around E14 7PQ (Limehouse East) (about 2,107 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.