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Islington has the fifth-largest share of flats and maisonettes (83.4%), the joint fourth-smallest share of semi-detached houses (0.9%) and the joint third-smallest share of detached houses (0.2%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint fourth-lowest average number of bedrooms per home (2.03 bedrooms) and the joint third-smallest share of three-bedroom homes (17.1%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA4B6C26D30E17F9G7H1FlatTerracedNot recordedColour shows the band, shape the typeA4B6C26D30E17F9G7H1FlatTerracedNot recorded

More than half are flats and maisonettes

Flats and maisonettes make up more than half of the homes in Islington; after them come terraced houses (13.1%), semi-detached houses, detached houses and bungalows (0.1%). The widest gap to the rest of London is in terraced houses: 11.3 points below the share there (24.4%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Kensington and Chelsea, followed by Hackney and Southwark. The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band G for semi-detached houses, band F for terraced houses and band D for flats and maisonettes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes83.4%BCDEFTerraced houses13.1%DEFGSemi-detached houses0.9%EFGHDetached houses0.2%DEFGHBungalows0.1%CDEF

One-bedroom homes are the most common

One-bedroom homes (38.8%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (34.6%) and three-bedroom. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 9.6%. A detached house here has 3.3 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom38.8%2 bedrooms34.6%3 bedrooms17.1%4 bedrooms5.8%5 bedrooms2.3%6+ bedrooms1.5%

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England36%Before19007%1900–19184%1919–193910%1945–196416%1965–19825%1983–199914%2000–20155%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England36%<19007%19004%191910%194516%19655%198314%20005%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (35.8%), from 1965 to 1982 (15.8%) and from 2000 to 2015 (13.9%). Some 5,490 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band E, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band D). Bands A and B take 5.5% of these newer homes and 9.9% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band D for those built from 2000 to 2015. The busiest single year was 2018, with 1,080 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 160 homes (+0.14%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026DEFGBuilt before 2016CDEFG

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Islington gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 73.7%, with band D the largest single band (29.9%). The share in bands A and B, 9.6%, is 33.5 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, G, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 960 homes. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Harrow.

Share of homes in each bandA4.1%B5.5%C26.4%D29.9%E17.4%F9.3%G6.5%H0.9%IslingtonLondonEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Islington are Enfield (10.7), Tonbridge and Malling (12.3) and Ealing (14.6); the furthest within London is Barking and Dagenham (96.1).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Islington comes 11th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Kingston upon Thames and just ahead of Harrow. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveIslington 17%1%53%