Islington

Borough · London · United Kingdom

Small, dense inner north London borough with Georgian squares around Angel and Canonbury, Upper Street's restaurants and Arsenal's stadium at Highbury.

Median rent, 2-bed home£2,650 per month
Price level£££££
Good forEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Young professionals; restaurants and short trips to the City

Watch out for

High rents and little green space

Neighborhoods

  • Angel
  • Highbury
  • Holloway
  • Archway
  • Canonbury
  • Barnsbury

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Islington was £2,650 in 2025/26, 30% above the London average. It is the 5th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£900
Studio£1,400
1 bedroom£2,000
2 bedrooms£2,650
3 bedrooms£3,250
4+ bedrooms£4,725

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Islington

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
EC1AAldersgate, Bunhill, Cheap, Clerkenwell, Farringdon Within, Farringdon Without£2,200£3,000–
EC1MBunhill, Clerkenwell, Cripplegate, Farringdon Within, Farringdon Without, Holborn & Covent Garden–£3,325–
EC1RClerkenwell, Holborn & Covent Garden£2,400£2,950–
EC1VBunhill, Clerkenwell, Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hoxton West, St Peter's & Canalside£2,500£3,220£3,214
EC1YBunhill, Coleman Street, Cripplegate£2,500£2,700–
EC2ABishopsgate, Bunhill, Clerkenwell, Hoxton East & Shoreditch£3,000£3,850–
N1Barnsbury, Caledonian, Canonbury, Clerkenwell, De Beauvoir, Haggerston£2,200£2,800£3,500
N5Arsenal, Brownswood, Clissold, Highbury, Laycock, Mildmay£2,090£2,750£3,500
N7Arsenal, Barnsbury, Caledonian, Camden Square, Finsbury Park, Highbury£1,813£2,500£2,800
N19Highgate, Hillrise, Junction, Kentish Town North, Tollington, Tufnell Park£1,800£2,203£2,850
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereIslingtonLondon
Population216,5878,799,725
One-person households36.1%29.3%
Children under 1514.4%18.1%
Aged 15–2413.4%12.3%
Aged 65 and over9.4%11.9%
Social housing rentals40.2%23.1%
Private rentals31.2%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes28.3%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • Northern, Victoria, Piccadilly lines; Overground

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