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Electoral wardE05013706

Holloway ward, London Borough of Islington

Holloway is one of 17 electoral wards of Islington London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,737 residents in 5,365 households — 16,321 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency.

Residents, 202112,737council ward average 12,741
Households5,3652.37 residents per household
Density16,321/ km²about 0.78 km² · London Borough of Islington 14,585
Aged 65+8.5%London Borough of Islington: 9.4% · under 16: 13.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 526
5–94.4% · 555
10–154.6% · 591
16–195.2% · 662
20–2412.7% · 1,618
25–3427.2% · 3,470
35–4919.5% · 2,478
50–6413.8% · 1,756
65–744.9% · 629
75–842.4% · 306
85+1.1% · 145

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van69.7% · 3,737
1 car or van26.3% · 1,412
2 cars or vans3.5% · 187
3 or more0.5% · 28
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Islington overall: 26.7% owned, 40.2% social rented, 31.2% private rented.

Owned outright9.5% · 510
With mortgage12.5% · 672
Shared ownership2.9% · 155
Social rented43.2% · 2,318
Private rented31.5% · 1,689
Lives rent free0.4% · 21

Type of home

Detached house0.9% · 50
Semi-detached house3.5% · 189
Terraced house8.2% · 442
Purpose-built flat67.8% · 3,635
Converted house17.7% · 948
Other conversion1.1% · 58
Above shop / office0.7% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.