Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:42 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:03 am – 3:53 pm
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People8,556 residentsin the Highbury Fields census areaMedian age 34.33,837 households37% of homes owner-occupied17% owned outright28% social rented, 34% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.2% unemployment rate73% of adults are economically active, 4,992 in work, 10% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 20%, information and communication 12%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 66% work from home, 7% go by car, 16% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle88% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages67% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 86%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 24°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 3°C615 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October21 days of air frost, 28 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesHighbury Fieldspark · under a mile · 10 haFinsbury Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 48 haOlden Community Gardenpark · under a mileMichael Sobell Sports Centresports ground · under a milePollard Close Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes26 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202035 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202546 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 22 · PM2.5 9.6 · PM10 16 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband93% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,138 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation32 m105 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 22 to 45 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Pancras Hospital1.6 miGP surgeryThe Medical Centre106 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAtkins Chemist89 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistHighbury Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi162 schools87 primary, 21 secondary, 1 all-through, 29 independent, 12 special, 4 nursery, 1 sixth form, 7 otherPrimaryDrayton Park Primary Schoolages 3-11, 277 pupilsright hereSecondaryHighbury Fields Schoolages 11-18, 733 pupilsright herePrimarySt John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 206 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWM College1.8 miUniversityLondon Metropolitan Universityunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY7.6 miMajor airportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR16 miRailway stationDrayton ParkHighburyunder a mileUndergroundHolloway Road Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationPark View Road (N17)Tottenham Hale3.0 miFerryCamden Lock WaterbusCamden Town2.0 miBus stops179 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the N5 postcode district.
