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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000045

Colney Hatch

Colney Hatch is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,524 residents in Barnet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barnet
10,524

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,202

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,065.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.2%

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.

Bounds Green, Haringey7,988 residents · 40.6% owned · 40.3% no carIsleworth & Ivybridge, Hounslow9,237 residents · 44.8% owned · 31.8% no carDrayton Green & Cleveland, Ealing9,863 residents · 51.1% owned · 31.5% no carNew Southgate & Arnos Grove, Enfield8,759 residents · 49.4% owned · 34.9% no carSouthgate, Enfield10,343 residents · 47.7% owned · 32.5% no carHornfair Park, Greenwich8,238 residents · 40.7% owned · 38.2% no car

Most similar within Barnet

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fallow Corner, Barnet10,380 residents · 47.5% owned · 33.4% no carWhetstone East, Barnet9,089 residents · 59.6% owned · 26.7% no carNew Barnet Town & East Barnet, Barnet9,677 residents · 56.6% owned · 25.5% no carBrunswick Park Road, Barnet8,891 residents · 62.7% owned · 25.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Colney Hatch

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

Tenure

Owned47.2%
1,985 households
Private rented30.5%
1,281 households
Social rented21.2%
892 households
Shared ownership0.8%
34 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement43.2%
1,814 households
Terraced22.4%
942 households
Semi-detached20.5%
860 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.6%
360 households
Detached4.4%
185 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%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.6%
2,000 households
No cars or vans in household34.4%
1,447 households
2 cars or vans in household14.7%
618 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
137 households
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36.3%
1,524 households
3 bedrooms29.2%
1,227 households
1 bedroom19.5%
821 households
4 or more bedrooms15%
629 households
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.2%
2,531 households
One-person household30.7%
1,289 households
Other household types9.1%
383 households
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.7%
1,289 households
2 people in household26.2%
1,103 households
3 people in household19%
797 households
4 people in household15.9%
669 households
5 people in household5.2%
220 households
6 people in household1.7%
72 households
7 people in household0.8%
34 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
2,114 residents
15–2917.4%
1,835 residents
30–4423.1%
2,436 residents
45–6427.5%
2,894 residents
65 and over11.8%
1,246 residents
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White59.7%
6,286 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.7%
1,550 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.1%
1,059 residents
Other ethnic group7.9%
828 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.6%
801 residents
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.2%
3,743 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
1,130 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
875 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
593 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
290 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
284 residents aged 16 and over
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.1%
5,230 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.7%
2,871 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
1,657 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.8%
1,230 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.8%
1,227 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.7%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
798 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.9%
736 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.1%
674 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.8%
5,559 residents
Good health31.9%
3,355 residents
Fair health10.6%
1,120 residents
Bad health3.5%
368 residents
Very bad health1.1%
121 residents
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
9,053 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,469 residents
Colney Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.5%
1,952 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.9%
1,381 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.7%
661 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
192 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Colney Hatch · 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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