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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000103

Dollis Hill

Dollis Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,973 residents in Brent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Brent
9,973

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,462

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,628.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.5%

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.

Brent Cross & Staples Corner, Barnet6,958 residents · 30.5% owned · 46.7% no carUpper Edmonton East & Meridian Water, Enfield11,794 residents · 37.2% owned · 44.3% no carBurnt Oak & Watling Park, Barnet12,397 residents · 36.1% owned · 35.9% no carLower Edmonton South, Enfield10,221 residents · 31.9% owned · 44.1% no carEnfield Lock, Enfield12,320 residents · 37.7% owned · 31.6% no carBowes, Enfield10,544 residents · 51.9% owned · 30.8% no car

Most similar within Brent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Forty Lane, Brent9,937 residents · 35.9% owned · 38.6% no carNeasden, Brent10,353 residents · 33.8% owned · 46.4% no carBarnhill The Avenue, Brent8,742 residents · 46.1% owned · 29.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dollis Hill

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

Tenure

Owned38.9%
1,348 households
Private rented32.9%
1,140 households
Social rented25.7%
891 households
Shared ownership2.1%
74 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement42.7%
1,480 households
Semi-detached30.1%
1,043 households
Terraced12.3%
426 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.4%
257 households
Detached5.9%
203 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
39 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,555 households
No cars or vans in household38.5%
1,334 households
2 cars or vans in household12.9%
445 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
128 households
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.2%
1,185 households
3 bedrooms27.5%
953 households
4 or more bedrooms19.9%
690 households
1 bedroom18.3%
634 households
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61%
2,111 households
One-person household25.5%
884 households
Other household types13.5%
467 households
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25.7%
890 households
1 person in household25.5%
884 households
3 people in household18.4%
637 households
4 people in household15%
518 households
5 people in household8.2%
285 households
6 people in household3.6%
125 households
7 people in household1.8%
61 households
8 or more people in household1.8%
61 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
2,000 residents
15–2921.6%
2,150 residents
30–4421.6%
2,152 residents
45–6424.9%
2,486 residents
65 and over11.9%
1,187 residents
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White36.4%
3,628 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African21.3%
2,128 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.4%
1,938 residents
Other ethnic group16.6%
1,653 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.3%
630 residents
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.5%
2,868 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.2%
1,818 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
994 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
750 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
309 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.5%
4,518 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.7%
3,119 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.6%
1,222 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.4%
1,213 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.5%
1,063 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
902 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.4%
895 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.4%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.6%
674 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
318 residents aged 16 and over
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
5,070 residents
Good health33.4%
3,334 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,104 residents
Bad health3.5%
353 residents
Very bad health1.1%
114 residents
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
8,699 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
1,274 residents
Dollis Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.2%
1,323 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension36.9%
1,276 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.1%
626 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
214 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
23 households
Dollis Hill · 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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