Islington, New Zealand

Islington is a suburb on the western side of Christchurch city.

The suburb is named after the London borough of Islington, perhaps because the borough had a market for cattle, while the Christchurch area had a freezing works opened in 1889.

and the Main South Line run past the southern side of Islington. The suburb is home to a major electrical substation, which is also home to the main operations centre for the South Island's electrical grid.

Demographics
Islington covers 1.78 km2. It had an estimated population of as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Islington had a population of 969 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 63 people (7.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 159 people (19.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 366 households, comprising 495 males and 474 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female. The median age was 37.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 165 people (17.0%) aged under 15 years, 201 (20.7%) aged 15 to 29, 480 (49.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 123 (12.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 72.8% European/Pākehā, 16.7% Māori, 6.5% Pasifika, 14.9% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 21.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.5% had no religion, 37.2% were Christian, 1.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim and 2.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 72 (9.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 234 (29.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 69 people (8.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 438 (54.5%) people were employed full-time, 102 (12.7%) were part-time, and 33 (4.1%) were unemployed.