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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000047

Burnt Oak & Watling Park

Burnt Oak & Watling Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,397 residents in Barnet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barnet
12,397

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,210

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,715.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.9%

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.

Becontree West, Barking and Dagenham12,863 residents · 36.3% owned · 34.2% no carYeading North, Hillingdon9,760 residents · 42.3% owned · 27.1% no carMitcham West, Merton10,035 residents · 36.0% owned · 42.9% no carForty Lane, Brent9,937 residents · 35.9% owned · 38.6% no carWealdstone South, Harrow11,773 residents · 46.4% owned · 33.1% no carHillingdon Heath, Hillingdon8,823 residents · 46.2% owned · 23.7% no car

Most similar within Barnet

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mill Hill Broadway, Barnet8,844 residents · 43.8% owned · 28.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Burnt Oak & Watling Park

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

Tenure

Owned36.1%
1,518 households
Private rented31.4%
1,323 households
Social rented31%
1,307 households
Shared ownership1.2%
52 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.2%
1,610 households
Terraced31%
1,304 households
Semi-detached23.3%
981 households
Detached3.5%
147 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.5%
107 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
47 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.2%
1,905 households
No cars or vans in household35.9%
1,512 households
2 cars or vans in household15.2%
640 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
154 households
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.5%
1,578 households
3 bedrooms34.7%
1,459 households
1 bedroom17.8%
748 households
4 or more bedrooms10.1%
425 households
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.9%
2,565 households
One-person household22.8%
961 households
Other household types16.3%
685 households
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household24.9%
1,046 households
1 person in household22.8%
959 households
3 people in household19.4%
816 households
4 people in household17.3%
726 households
5 people in household8%
337 households
6 people in household4%
170 households
7 people in household1.9%
79 households
8 or more people in household1.8%
75 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.5%
2,671 residents
15–2919.8%
2,458 residents
30–4424.1%
2,989 residents
45–6423.7%
2,932 residents
65 and over10.9%
1,345 residents
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White42.5%
5,273 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh26.7%
3,312 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16.2%
2,006 residents
Other ethnic group8.5%
1,059 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
747 residents
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.9%
3,439 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24%
2,295 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.4%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.2%
975 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
951 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
397 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
334 residents aged 16 and over
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
5,666 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.9%
3,630 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16%
1,531 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.4%
1,377 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.9%
1,328 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.6%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.1%
1,062 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.6%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
459 residents aged 16 and over
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
6,378 residents
Good health32.9%
4,078 residents
Fair health10.9%
1,348 residents
Bad health3.6%
447 residents
Very bad health1.2%
145 residents
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.3%
10,820 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.7%
1,577 residents
Burnt Oak & Watling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension40%
1,685 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.7%
1,418 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.7%
828 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.3%
266 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
13 households
Burnt Oak & Watling 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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