Holloway Nag's Head

Islington · London · population 7,524 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,961 of 6,856 in England
  • #693 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 23 in Islington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,356
Median age (est.)32
Density14,619per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above59%
No car or van69%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 14%25–44 47%45–64 19%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 25%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 11%Other: 22%
One person 34%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 11%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary8%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 10%Black: 12%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 63%Asian 10%Black 12%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 33% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 43%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Holloway Nag's Head is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,961 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 23 in Islington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (74) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £575,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 64 sales), 10% below the wider Islington median of £640,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,898 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 210 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 31 · #4,742
Employment 41 · #4,049
Education 74 · #1,794
Health 25 · #5,126
Crime 11 · #6,085
Housing & access 25 · #5,153
Living environment 8 · #6,325

House prices ?

£575,000median (12m) · +10.6% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£575,00064+10.6%+4.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£1,175,00016-2.5%+17.5%
Flat£512,50048+11.5%-2.2%
This area£575,000
Islington£640,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£52,898±£7,881 · #682 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,091
Price-to-income ?10.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

210 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,578 offences
Islington143
London102
England83

Rank #6,204 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences363
Theft600
Burglary85
Vehicle crime97
Criminal damage & arson94
Public order & weapons151
Drugs94
Robbery79
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 705 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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