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Electoral wardE05013710

St Mary's & St James' ward, London Borough of Islington

St Mary's & St James' is one of 17 electoral wards of Islington London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 11,888 residents in 5,647 households — 15,785 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency.

Residents, 202111,888council ward average 12,741
Households5,6472.11 residents per household
Density15,785/ km²about 0.75 km² · London Borough of Islington 14,585
Aged 65+9.7%London Borough of Islington: 9.4% · under 16: 14.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 655
5–94.2% · 498
10–154.6% · 546
16–193.1% · 370
20–246.6% · 781
25–3428.7% · 3,410
35–4921.0% · 2,497
50–6416.6% · 1,977
65–745.7% · 680
75–842.9% · 343
85+1.1% · 131

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van68.1% · 3,849
1 car or van28.1% · 1,585
2 cars or vans3.3% · 184
3 or more0.5% · 30
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright12.2% · 689
With mortgage14.8% · 838
Shared ownership1.3% · 74
Social rented39.4% · 2,223
Private rented32.1% · 1,815
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house0.6% · 35
Semi-detached house2.3% · 132
Terraced house17.8% · 1,003
Purpose-built flat57.8% · 3,262
Converted house14.5% · 817
Other conversion3.5% · 199
Above shop / office3.5% · 195
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013710
Region
London
Density rank in council
6 of 17

Council offices in this ward

TIslington Town HallTown hall · N1 2UD

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% owned12,737LLaycock9.7% aged 65+ · 23.3% owned12,442SSt Peter's & Canalside8.4% aged 65+ · 23.2% owned11,622

All 17 wards of London Borough of Islington

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.