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With over 200,000 residents, Hackney is an ethnically diverse part of east London with a large Turkish community. Suited to professionals working in London, the area comprises owner-occupied households but most of the residents live in rented accommodation. The properties are all Georgian and Victorian terraces with some up and coming apartments and warehouse conversions. While it is currently poorly served by tube, Hackney is home to three mainline train stations and will be home to a number of new underground and overground tube stations by 2010, which will extend the network of connecting locations to this area. Hackney is home to a large arts and performance culture, represented by institutions such as The Institute for New International Visual Arts, Chat's Palace Arts Centre, Arcola Theatre, The Circus Space, Clown's Gallery Museum & Archive, Hoxton Hall and Space Studios. There is also a lot of history in the area which can be seen at attractions such as The Geffrye Museum, Hackney Archives, The Hackney Society, Sutton House and The Resevoirs Nature Society. And, with investment in education being made a priority in Hackney, new educational facilities will be introduced to the town in the next 5 – 10 years. Hackney is also quite a green area with 62 parks and open spaces, one of which will play host to the 2012 summer olympics thanks to it having the largest collection of football pitches in Europe.