Electoral wardE05013697
Arsenal ward, London Borough of Islington
Arsenal is one of 17 electoral wards of Islington London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,125 residents in 6,011 households — 16,088 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Islington North constituency.
Residents, 202113,125council ward average 12,741
Households6,0112.18 residents per household
Density16,088/ km²about 0.82 km² · London Borough of Islington 14,585
Aged 65+6.6%London Borough of Islington: 9.4% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 847
5–94.9% · 648
10–155.4% · 709
16–192.8% · 371
20–245.5% · 728
25–3429.8% · 3,916
35–4925.1% · 3,288
50–6413.3% · 1,748
65–744.0% · 525
75–842.0% · 258
85+0.7% · 86
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van66.8% · 4,017
1 car or van29.9% · 1,800
2 cars or vans3.0% · 179
3 or more0.2% · 15
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Islington overall: 26.7% owned, 40.2% social rented, 31.2% private rented.
Owned outright11.2% · 671
With mortgage18.2% · 1,093
Shared ownership4.2% · 250
Social rented31.3% · 1,881
Private rented35.0% · 2,105
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house0.6% · 39
Semi-detached house1.5% · 92
Terraced house14.2% · 854
Purpose-built flat60.0% · 3,607
Converted house17.0% · 1,020
Other conversion5.5% · 328
Above shop / office1.1% · 66
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013697- Constituency
- Islington North
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
FFinsbury Park8.1% aged 65+ · 20.3% owned14,645HHighbury10.7% aged 65+ · 38.6% owned13,808HHillrise10.8% aged 65+ · 30.4% owned14,970JJunction10.7% aged 65+ · 26.7% owned12,854MMildmay8.1% aged 65+ · 26.1% owned14,266TTollington8.6% aged 65+ · 29.6% owned13,764TTufnell Park10.8% aged 65+ · 32.4% owned12,394
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.