East Shoreditch Today

Planning Aid England

Age profile of area

Tower Hamlets has young population

18 to 25 = 1000

25 to 30 = 1300

30 to 45 = 2000

45 to 60 = 750

60 + = 650

Levels of deprivation - “sharp divide between ‘urban prosperity’ and the dominant ‘hard pressed groups’

Who lives in East Shoreditch?

Owned Outright

Owned with a Mortgage or Loan

Shared Ownership (Part Owned and Part Rented)

Social Rented; Rented from Council (Local Authority)

Social Rented; Other

Private Rented; Private Landlord or Letting Agency

Private Rented; Other

Living Rent Free

Tenure

Unshared Dwelling; Whole House or Bungalow; Detached

Unshared Dwelling; Whole House or Bungalow; Semi-Detached

Unshared Dwelling; Whole House or Bungalow; Terraced

(Including End-Terrace)

Unshared Dwelling; Flat, Maisonette or Apartment; Purpose-Built

Block of Flats or Tenement

Unshared Dwelling; Flat, Maisonette or Apartment; Part of a

Converted or Shared House (Including Bed-Sits)

Unshared Dwelling; Flat, Maisonette or Apartment; In

Commercial Building

Unshared Dwelling; Caravan or Other Mobile or Temporary

Structure

Shared Dwelling

Accommodation Types

Who lives in East Shoreditch?

Average cost of terraced house…£600, 000 -

£700, 000

Average cost of a 1 bed flat…£310, 000

Average cost of a 2 bed flat…£400, 000

Average rent of private 1 / 2 bed flat…£250 p.w.

to £600 p.w.

Who works in East Shoreditch?

51%

22%

27%

Socio-economic classifications (16-74 years)

high/low

managerial

proffessions

intermediate

occupation/small

employees

lower supervisory

Who works in East Shoreditch?

The Weavers ward had a above the borough average rate of

people in employment (60.9 per cent) at time of 2011 census.

Bar

Bar/ Café

Barbers

Beauty

Café

Cinema

Creative recruitment

Estate Agent

Footwear

Gallery

Gun dealers

Hair Salon

Interior Design

Perfumery

Pub

Restaurant

Shop

Tea specialist

A trader’s portrait of Redchurch Street

Transport and Public Realm in

East Shoreditch

Transport and Public Realm in

East Shoreditch

Access to Community Facilities

in East Shoreditch

1.Health facilities

a. Blithehale Health centre

b. Bethnal green health centre

c. Mildway mission hospital

2. Schools

a. Bethnal green Montessori school

b. Virginia school

c. William Davis primary school

3. Community centres

a. Columbia road youth

project

b. St hilda’s east community

centre

c. East side educational trust

d. Charity house

4. Places of worship

a. St Matthews church

b. St Leonards CofE church

c. St peters Bethnal green

d. Shoreditch tabernacle Baptist church

5. Parks and open spaces

a. St Matthews garden

b. Boundary gardens

c. Virginia gardens

d. Ion square gardens

e. Weavers field

Development Opportunities in

East Shoreditch

• Many high rise, high density developments

• Bishopsgate Corridor scheme (repaving, paths)

• Principal Place, off Norton Folgate

• ‘The Stage’ incorporating 16th C Curtain Theatre

• Shoreditch Village

• Bishopsgate Goodsyard (raised public garden, mixed

use, 1500 homes)

• Questionable % of ‘affordable’ housing (13 – 35%)

What’s in the pipeline for East

Shoreditch?