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

[3] State Highway 1 and the Main South Line run past the southern side of Islington.

[4] 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.

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.