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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000100

Northwick Park

Northwick Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,319 residents in Brent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Brent
8,319

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,566

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,003.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.8%

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.

Barkingside West, Redbridge6,621 residents · 74.0% owned · 19.1% no carKenton West, Harrow14,394 residents · 72.2% owned · 15.0% no carClayhall South, Redbridge14,420 residents · 74.5% owned · 15.1% no carValentines Park & Cranbrook, Redbridge13,602 residents · 61.5% owned · 27.5% no carClayhall North, Redbridge6,885 residents · 70.5% owned · 19.5% no carHorsenden, Ealing9,042 residents · 66.3% owned · 21.1% no car

Most similar within Brent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kenton Woodcock Park, Brent7,632 residents · 70.9% owned · 19.4% no carQueensbury South, Brent11,877 residents · 55.6% owned · 24.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Northwick Park

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

Tenure

Owned66%
1,693 households
Private rented22.8%
585 households
Social rented10.4%
267 households
Shared ownership0.8%
21 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51.4%
1,318 households
Detached21.4%
548 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.7%
453 households
Terraced6.1%
156 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.8%
71 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.7%
1,019 households
2 cars or vans in household26.3%
676 households
No cars or vans in household21.6%
554 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.4%
318 households
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms44.1%
1,132 households
3 bedrooms36.8%
945 households
1 bedroom10.4%
267 households
2 bedrooms8.7%
223 households
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.8%
1,485 households
Other household types22.3%
573 households
One-person household19.9%
512 households
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household24%
617 households
1 person in household19.9%
512 households
3 people in household19.4%
498 households
4 people in household17.6%
453 households
5 people in household9.7%
249 households
6 people in household5.4%
138 households
7 people in household2.2%
56 households
8 or more people in household1.8%
46 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
1,072 residents
15–2923.3%
1,940 residents
30–4420.7%
1,724 residents
45–6424.8%
2,064 residents
65 and over18.2%
1,518 residents
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh53.8%
4,472 residents
White26%
2,165 residents
Other ethnic group9.4%
783 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.5%
623 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
276 residents
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.8%
3,579 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
1,045 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.4%
600 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
252 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
4,255 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.2%
2,602 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,512 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.3%
1,169 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.5%
970 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
947 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.8%
773 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.3%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.6%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.5%
466 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.9%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.5%
4,122 residents
Good health36%
2,991 residents
Fair health11.1%
927 residents
Bad health2.5%
207 residents
Very bad health0.9%
72 residents
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88%
7,323 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12%
996 residents
Northwick Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.6%
1,299 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
898 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.4%
319 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
51 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Northwick 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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