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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000031

Oakleigh Park

Oakleigh Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,331 residents in Barnet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barnet
8,331

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,327

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,296.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.5%

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.

Purley Central, Croydon10,502 residents · 65.6% owned · 25.9% no carPinner Central, Harrow7,070 residents · 69.8% owned · 20.1% no carNascot Wood, Watford9,072 residents · 61.5% owned · 18.9% no carPitshanger, Ealing6,483 residents · 69.7% owned · 22.7% no carNew Malden East, Kingston upon Thames9,242 residents · 61.5% owned · 28.2% no carWoodford Wells, Redbridge11,159 residents · 74.0% owned · 17.2% no car

Most similar within Barnet

The closest matches in the same local authority.

High Barnet & Hadley, Barnet10,841 residents · 67.6% owned · 24.3% no carNew Barnet West, Barnet6,533 residents · 64.0% owned · 22.7% no carMill Hill East, Barnet9,139 residents · 61.5% owned · 22.1% no carWhetstone East, Barnet9,089 residents · 59.6% owned · 26.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oakleigh Park

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

Tenure

Owned66.3%
2,205 households
Private rented24.6%
817 households
Social rented6%
200 households
Shared ownership3.1%
104 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement34.6%
1,151 households
Semi-detached26%
865 households
Detached19.4%
644 households
Terraced14.2%
471 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
100 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.9%
64 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
31 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.1%
1,599 households
2 cars or vans in household23.2%
773 households
No cars or vans in household21.4%
711 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.3%
244 households
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms34.4%
1,146 households
3 bedrooms26.6%
884 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
860 households
1 bedroom13.1%
437 households
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
2,139 households
One-person household28.1%
933 households
Other household types7.6%
253 households
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.2%
1,038 households
1 person in household28.1%
935 households
3 people in household17.6%
587 households
4 people in household16.3%
542 households
5 people in household5.1%
169 households
6 people in household1.1%
36 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,440 residents
15–2915.5%
1,288 residents
30–4423.1%
1,927 residents
45–6425%
2,079 residents
65 and over19.2%
1,598 residents
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White62%
5,166 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.7%
1,640 residents
Other ethnic group8.4%
697 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
499 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
330 residents
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56.5%
3,847 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.5%
851 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.5%
783 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.2%
624 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.5%
372 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.4%
4,246 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.3%
2,468 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.2%
1,785 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,608 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.3%
836 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
422 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.8%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.8%
326 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.3%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.8%
4,478 residents
Good health32.3%
2,693 residents
Fair health10.1%
841 residents
Bad health3%
246 residents
Very bad health0.9%
73 residents
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
7,219 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,112 residents
Oakleigh Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.9%
1,960 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.2%
972 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.7%
322 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.1%
69 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Oakleigh Park · 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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