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Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Jules Pipe. Hackney is one of five host boroughs for London's bid for the 2012 Olympics. The borough includes the following areas:
Demographics of HackneyThe 2001 census gives Hackney a population of 202,824. It is 60% white, 12% black African, 10% Black Caribbean and 4% Indian. 32% of householders are owner-occupiers. Transport linksHackney is the only inner London borough north of the Thames that currently has no London Underground stations (with the exception of Manor House, in the extreme north-west of the borough, and on the boundary with Haringey). However a current project to extend the East London Line will seek to rectify this. The Silverlink North London Line and the 'West Anglia' section of 'one' passes through the borough with the following stations within its boundary:
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