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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000025

Hadley Wood

Hadley Wood is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,582 residents in Barnet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barnet
8,582

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,745

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,573

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.3%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Chase Farm & The Ridgeway, Enfield8,688 residents · 65.8% owned · 24.3% no carNursery Lands & Hampton North, Richmond upon Thames9,716 residents · 59.9% owned · 21.7% no carChingford Green East, Waltham Forest9,328 residents · 69.4% owned · 23.6% no carRedhill West, Reigate and Banstead10,919 residents · 57.1% owned · 23.9% no carChase Side, Enfield8,741 residents · 61.6% owned · 27.8% no carEpsom Town, Epsom and Ewell8,199 residents · 54.4% owned · 30.1% no car

Most similar within Barnet

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Colney Hatch, Barnet10,524 residents · 47.2% owned · 34.4% no carWoodside Park, Barnet8,530 residents · 50.5% owned · 31.1% no carWhetstone East, Barnet9,089 residents · 59.6% owned · 26.7% no carNew Barnet West, Barnet6,533 residents · 64.0% owned · 22.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hadley Wood

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned57.1%
2,140 households
Private rented27.4%
1,025 households
Social rented14.6%
545 households
Shared ownership0.9%
33 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement41.7%
1,563 households
Semi-detached30.1%
1,127 households
Detached10.6%
397 households
Terraced8.4%
313 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.1%
303 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49%
1,835 households
No cars or vans in household25.9%
970 households
2 cars or vans in household19.1%
715 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
226 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.2%
1,319 households
4 or more bedrooms22.2%
830 households
3 bedrooms22.1%
828 households
1 bedroom20.5%
769 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.4%
2,151 households
One-person household35.1%
1,314 households
Other household types7.6%
283 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.1%
1,314 households
2 people in household29.4%
1,101 households
3 people in household16.1%
603 households
4 people in household13.7%
512 households
5 people in household3.7%
138 households
6 people in household1%
37 households
7 people in household1%
37 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.6%
1,509 residents
15–2916.1%
1,380 residents
30–4422.3%
1,912 residents
45–6428.4%
2,434 residents
65 and over15.7%
1,348 residents
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.3%
6,029 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.2%
959 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.4%
633 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
511 residents
Other ethnic group5.2%
448 residents
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.3%
3,374 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.4%
1,003 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14%
978 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.3%
719 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.5%
524 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.1%
4,408 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.4%
2,472 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.8%
1,665 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,305 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.8%
891 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.1%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52%
4,459 residents
Good health32.3%
2,773 residents
Fair health11.2%
958 residents
Bad health3.6%
310 residents
Very bad health1%
82 residents
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.4%
7,239 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.6%
1,343 residents
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48%
1,800 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.9%
1,231 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.4%
538 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.2%
156 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
22 households
Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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