HIGHBURY QUADRANT, N5 2UA House Prices & Local Information

N5 2UA is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Highbury Quadrant, 0.5km from Brownswood Park in Islington. Administratively it sits within Highbury ward and the Islington North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, N5 2UA is a diverse renting area with many ethnic minority families, mostly European-born. During the day, higher status cosmopolitan professional services and self-employment. A balanced community with an average age of 37 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 57% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 40% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Islington.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 48 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Prices average £489k, up 24.0% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for N5 2UA are sourced from Output Area E00013635 (shared with 2 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.