Electoral wardE05013701
Canonbury ward, London Borough of Islington
Canonbury is one of 17 electoral wards of Islington London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,666 residents in 5,864 households — 14,639 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
Residents, 202112,666council ward average 12,741
Households5,8642.16 residents per household
Density14,639/ km²about 0.87 km² · London Borough of Islington 14,585
Aged 65+10.3%London Borough of Islington: 9.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 755
5–94.7% · 595
10–155.5% · 700
16–193.3% · 418
20–245.6% · 713
25–3425.2% · 3,189
35–4922.4% · 2,843
50–6416.9% · 2,146
65–745.8% · 736
75–843.2% · 400
85+1.4% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van65.9% · 3,863
1 car or van29.2% · 1,711
2 cars or vans4.2% · 249
3 or more0.7% · 41
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% · 658
With mortgage15.8% · 926
Shared ownership1.3% · 78
Social rented44.5% · 2,610
Private rented26.8% · 1,574
Lives rent free0.4% · 21
Type of home
Detached house1.0% · 60
Semi-detached house5.3% · 312
Terraced house10.3% · 605
Purpose-built flat55.5% · 3,254
Converted house24.2% · 1,419
Other conversion2.9% · 171
Above shop / office0.7% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013701- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarnsbury11.9% aged 65+ · 30.8% owned11,710BBunhill8.8% aged 65+ · 20.8% owned11,164CCaledonian8.8% aged 65+ · 16.9% owned11,580CClerkenwell9.1% aged 65+ · 25.8% owned10,954HHolloway8.5% aged 65+ · 22.0% owned12,737LLaycock9.7% aged 65+ · 23.3% owned12,442SSt Mary's & St James'9.7% aged 65+ · 27.0% owned11,888SSt Peter's & Canalside8.4% aged 65+ · 23.2% owned11,622
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.