Rent in N5, London

N5 is a postcode district mostly in Islington (it also reaches into Hackney), with wards including Arsenal, Brownswood, Clissold, Highbury. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,750 a month, +4% against the Islington figure and +35% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeN5IslingtonLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£2,090£2,000£1,684110
2 bedrooms£2,750£2,650£2,036120
3 bedrooms£3,500£3,250£2,47210
4+ bedrooms£5,300£4,725£3,35310

Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Wards in N5 include

Arsenal · Brownswood · Clissold · Highbury · Laycock · Mildmay

Who lives in Islington

Census 2021, whole borough (Islington vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes28.3%46.8%
Private rentals31.2%30.0%
Social housing rentals40.2%23.1%
One-person households36.1%29.3%
Children under 1514.4%18.1%
Aged 65 and over9.4%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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