Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:42 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:03 am – 3:53 pm
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People10,673 residentsin the Old Street & St Luke's census areaMedian age 31.74,953 households17% of homes owner-occupied7% owned outright52% social rented, 28% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting9.8% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 5,200 in work, 9% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 18%, finance and insurance 12%, information and communication 11%Getting to work: 53% work from home, 8% go by car, 19% take public transport, 19% walk or cycle89% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages51% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 78%3% 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°C629 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October19 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 spacesPriory Church Gardenpark · under a mileThe Greenpark · under a mileSpa Green Gardenpark · under a mileFinsbury Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileCaledonian Parkplaying field · 1.6 mi · 2 haAugustus and Redhill Allotmentsallotments · 1.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes25 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202037 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202547 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 30 · PM2.5 11 · PM10 18 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
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)6,591 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation21 m69 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 3 to 44 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMoorfield Eye Hospital City Road Elective Surgical Hubunder a mileGP surgeryCity Road Medical Centre168 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPharmica115 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistLondon Dental Centreright herePolice stationSnowhill Police StationLondonunder a mileCash machinePayzone3 within half a mileright hereSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi157 schools83 primary, 20 secondary, 1 all-through, 29 independent, 11 special, 4 nursery, 1 sixth form, 8 otherPrimaryMoreland Primary Schoolages 0-11, 469 pupilsright herePrimarySt Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary Schoolages 2-11, 222 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCentral Foundation Boys' Schoolages 11-18, 1,152 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWorkers' Educational Associationunder a mileUniversityCity Universityunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY6.8 miMajor airportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR16 miRailway stationOld Streetunder a mileUndergroundBarbican Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationVictoria Station2.9 miFerryBlackfriars Pier1.1 miBus stops319 within a mileCar parkSt Mark's Apartments Car ParkLondon9 car parks within half a mileunder a mileEV chargingubitricity40 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the EC1V postcode district.
