 It is bordered to the west by the district of Lentokenttä, to the south by Ruskeasanta, to the east by , and to the north by the municipality of Tuusula.Ilola has a population of 4,578 (as of 1.1.2014), and its housing is mostly owner-occupied separate and terraced houses, with an average size particularly high for Vantaa, at .The district was primarily developed in the 1980s and 1990s, when it was one of Vantaa's fastest growing districts.