Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Islington Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Islington prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Islington wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
224,551
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£52,260
Islington
Median resident weekly pay
£1,005
Full-time employees
Employment rate
73.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
8.2%
Economically active
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
Incomes Explain Affordability Pressure
Wage and employment data does not predict house prices by itself. It gives demand-side context: how average prices and rents compare with resident earnings, whether employment conditions support demand, and where affordability pressure may limit the buyer or renter pool.
Islington’s labour market picture is shaped by a large resident base and comparatively strong earnings. ONS and Nomis show a resident population of 224,551 in 2025.
That gives the borough a substantial labour pool, and it also means local housing demand is being formed by a wide mix of workers, households and tenure types.