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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000058

Temple Fortune

Temple Fortune is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,227 residents in Barnet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barnet
10,227

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,097

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,639.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

55.9%

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.

Drayton Green & Cleveland, Ealing9,863 residents · 51.1% owned · 31.5% no carChiswick South East, Hounslow8,976 residents · 55.1% owned · 33.0% no carBrondesbury Park, Brent8,177 residents · 52.7% owned · 38.1% no carSt Mary's, Ealing9,250 residents · 49.4% owned · 36.5% no carNorth Ealing, Ealing8,351 residents · 43.5% owned · 38.5% no carHighgate Wood, Haringey6,492 residents · 53.5% owned · 37.8% no car

Most similar within Barnet

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Copthall & Downage, Barnet10,283 residents · 64.0% owned · 19.2% no carFinchley Central, Barnet9,160 residents · 55.0% owned · 29.0% no carWoodside Park, Barnet8,530 residents · 50.5% owned · 31.1% no carWhetstone East, Barnet9,089 residents · 59.6% owned · 26.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Temple Fortune

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

Tenure

Owned56.2%
2,302 households
Private rented37.7%
1,543 households
Social rented5.8%
239 households
Shared ownership0.2%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached30.6%
1,255 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.1%
1,070 households
Terraced17.2%
706 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.3%
502 households
Detached11.4%
468 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
72 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,841 households
No cars or vans in household31.9%
1,308 households
2 cars or vans in household19%
778 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.2%
172 households
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32%
1,313 households
3 bedrooms28.2%
1,156 households
2 bedrooms23.7%
973 households
1 bedroom16%
655 households
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.1%
2,380 households
One-person household32.5%
1,331 households
Other household types9.4%
386 households
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32.5%
1,331 households
2 people in household29.6%
1,215 households
3 people in household14.4%
589 households
4 people in household13.1%
537 households
5 people in household5.1%
207 households
6 people in household2.7%
109 households
7 people in household1.5%
60 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
51 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.9%
2,138 residents
15–2917.2%
1,755 residents
30–4422.6%
2,306 residents
45–6421.6%
2,211 residents
65 and over17.7%
1,814 residents
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.8%
7,036 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.7%
1,298 residents
Other ethnic group10.7%
1,098 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
413 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.7%
383 residents
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above55.9%
4,450 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.2%
972 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.2%
889 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.8%
780 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.8%
459 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.2%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.3%
4,879 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37%
2,948 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.9%
2,065 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,773 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
790 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.3%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.8%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.2%
334 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.9%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.7%
6,204 residents
Good health27.1%
2,768 residents
Fair health9%
919 residents
Bad health2.5%
253 residents
Very bad health0.8%
81 residents
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.4%
9,044 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.6%
1,183 residents
Temple Fortune · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.1%
2,216 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,287 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
454 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
125 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Temple Fortune · 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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