Electoral wardE05013708
Laycock ward, London Borough of Islington
Laycock is one of 17 electoral wards of Islington London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,442 residents in 5,364 households — 14,397 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
Residents, 202112,442council ward average 12,741
Households5,3642.32 residents per household
Density14,397/ km²about 0.86 km² · London Borough of Islington 14,585
Aged 65+9.7%London Borough of Islington: 9.4% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 641
5–95.0% · 619
10–155.2% · 652
16–193.7% · 461
20–2410.0% · 1,248
25–3424.9% · 3,092
35–4920.7% · 2,579
50–6415.6% · 1,942
65–745.5% · 687
75–843.1% · 383
85+1.1% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van67.5% · 3,619
1 car or van27.9% · 1,499
2 cars or vans3.7% · 201
3 or more0.8% · 45
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Islington overall: 26.7% owned, 40.2% social rented, 31.2% private rented.
Owned outright9.8% · 526
With mortgage13.5% · 725
Shared ownership1.7% · 90
Social rented47.8% · 2,565
Private rented26.8% · 1,440
Lives rent free0.3% · 18
Type of home
Detached house1.1% · 57
Semi-detached house4.0% · 213
Terraced house14.8% · 794
Purpose-built flat59.8% · 3,209
Converted house14.9% · 802
Other conversion3.0% · 163
Above shop / office2.3% · 125
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013708- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 11 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% owned11,580CCanonbury10.3% aged 65+ · 27.0% owned12,666CClerkenwell9.1% aged 65+ · 25.8% owned10,954HHolloway8.5% aged 65+ · 22.0% owned12,737SSt 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.