EC postcode area: East Central London
The EC postcode area is known as the East Central London area. It is every postcode that begins EC followed by a number. It has 27 districts and 3,550 postcodes in use, across 6 councils.
Homes in the EC area sold for a typical £693,500 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £505,000 in EC3N (City of London) to £822,500 in EC2Y (City of London).
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 51.5202
Longitude -0.0975
This is the middle of the postcodes in the EC area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the EC area?
Homes in the EC area sold for a typical £693,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 292 sales, down 5.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Semi-detached 1 sale, too few to price
- Terraced £1,080,000 5 sales
- Flat or maisonette £689,000 286 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the EC districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- EC1A postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 165 postcodes Typical price£600,000 Gigabit, every home74 of 97 At flood riskNone listed
- EC1M postcode district: IslingtonIslington, Camden, City of London 168 postcodes Typical price£511,000 Gigabit, every home120 of 161 At flood riskNone listed
- EC1N postcode district: CamdenCamden, City of London 155 postcodes Typical price£622,500 Gigabit, every home128 of 142 At flood riskNone listed
- EC1P postcode district: IslingtonIslington 258 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- EC1R postcode district: IslingtonIslington, Camden 265 postcodes Typical price£750,000 Gigabit, every home216 of 251 At flood riskNone listed
- EC1V postcode district: IslingtonIslington, Hackney 482 postcodes Typical price£690,000 Gigabit, every home398 of 457 At flood riskNone listed
- EC1Y postcode district: IslingtonIslington, City of London 174 postcodes Typical price£670,000 Gigabit, every home139 of 165 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2A postcode district: HackneyHackney, Islington, City of London 337 postcodes Typical price£656,000 Gigabit, every home211 of 277 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2M postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington, Tower Hamlets, Hackney 162 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home87 of 114 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2N postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 46 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home29 of 37 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2P postcode district: IslingtonIslington, City of London 66 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home1 of 1 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2R postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 72 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home42 of 57 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2V postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 99 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home64 of 80 At flood riskNone listed
- EC2Y postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 89 postcodes Typical price£822,500 Gigabit, every home69 of 79 At flood riskNone listed
- EC3A postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 66 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home41 of 51 At flood riskNone listed
- EC3M postcode district: City of LondonCity of London 79 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home39 of 59 At flood riskNone listed
- EC3N postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Tower Hamlets 81 postcodes Typical price£505,000 Gigabit, every home51 of 70 At flood risk3 of 81
- EC3P postcode district: IslingtonIslington, City of London 25 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- EC3R postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 78 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home47 of 69 At flood risk1 of 78
- EC3V postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 79 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home50 of 69 At flood riskNone listed
- EC4A postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington, Westminster 110 postcodes Typical price£605,000 Gigabit, every home60 of 92 At flood riskNone listed
- EC4M postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 93 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home57 of 78 At flood riskNone listed
- EC4N postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 68 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home37 of 55 At flood riskNone listed
- EC4P postcode district: IslingtonIslington 43 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- EC4R postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 56 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home34 of 48 At flood risk4 of 56
- EC4V postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Islington 111 postcodes Typical price£735,000 Gigabit, every home72 of 97 At flood risk17 of 111
- EC4Y postcode district: City of LondonCity of London, Westminster, Islington 123 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales Gigabit, every home83 of 109 At flood risk29 of 123
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the EC area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the EC area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the EC area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Islington1,572 postcodes
- City of London1,491 postcodes
- Hackney276 postcodes
- Camden196 postcodes
- Tower Hamlets11 postcodes
- Westminster4 postcodes
Near the EC area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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