If you are thinking of moving to Finsbury Park or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Finsbury Park to figures for Islington and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Finsbury Park is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Finsbury Park Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Finsbury Park and are from the UK Census of 2011. Finsbury Park has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. Finsbury Park also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of Finsbury Park are better educated than the average England citizen.
| Qualification | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| No Qualifications | 17% | 22.5% |
| Level 1 | 8% | 13.3% |
| Level 2 | 8.4% | 15.2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3.6% |
| Level 3 | 9.8% | 12.4% |
| Level 4 | 48.1% | 27.4% |
| Other | 7.8% | 5.7% |
Finsbury Park Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Finsbury Park has 20% more Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
| Grade | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 35.39% | 22.96% |
| C1 | 33.15% | 30.92% |
| C2 | 9.97% | 20.64% |
| DE | 21.48% | 25.49% |
Finsbury Park General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Finsbury Park. The percentage of residents in Finsbury Park rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average.
| Health | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| Very Good | 51.61% | 47.17% |
| Good | 30.75% | 34.22% |
| Fair | 11.21% | 13.12% |
| Bad | 4.74% | 4.25% |
| Very Bad | 1.68% | 1.25% |
Finsbury Park Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Finsbury Park are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Finsbury Park has a lower level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a higher rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does have a significant immigrant population.
| Country | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 64.6% | 86.2% |
| Rebublic of Ireland | 2.8% | 0.7% |
| Other EU Countries | 9.4% | 3.7% |
| Outside the EU | 23.3% | 9.4% |
Finsbury Park Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
Finsbury Park has a lower rate of home ownership (via a mortgage or owned outright) than the national average, which suggests that Finsbury Park is an economically deprived area.Since all home ownership is lower than the national average and all rented accommodation levels are higher than the national average, this also suggests an area of economic deprivation
| Tenure | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| Owned | 11.3% | 30.6% |
| Mortgage | 17.1% | 32.8% |
| Shared | 1.3% | 0.8% |
| Social Rented (Council) | 26.7% | 9.4% |
| Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 15.3% | 8.3% |
| Private Rented | 25.6% | 15.4% |
| Other | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Rent Free | 1.3% | 1.3% |
Finsbury Park Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Finsbury Park come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They are the last published indiciator of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment firgures as a percentage and has no further plans to do so. That being said, these census statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in Finsbury Park is both higher than the average for and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe hard.
| Benefit | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 16.1% | 13.5% |
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Finsbury Park Age Distribution Statistics
The population of Finsbury Park as a whole, is younger than the national average. The population of Finsbury Park is also older than the average, making Finsbury Park a older persons location.
| Age | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|
| Age 0 to 4 | 6% | 6.3% |
| Age 5 to 9 | 4.7% | 5.6% |
| Age 10 to14 | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| Age 15 to 17 | 2.6% | 3.7% |
| Age 18 to 24 | 12.5% | 9.4% |
| Age 25 to 29 | 14.4% | 6.9% |
| Age 30 to 44 | 27.9% | 20.6% |
| Age 45 to 59 | 15.3% | 19.4% |
| Age 60 to 64 | 3.5% | 6% |
| Age 65 to 74 | 4.8% | 8.6% |
| Age 75 to 84 | 2.9% | 5.5% |
| Age 85 and over | 1% | 2.3% |
| Mean Age | 34.5 | 39.3 |
| Median Age | 31 | 39 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.
