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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000106

Neasden

Neasden is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,353 residents in Brent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Brent
10,353

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,586

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,719.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

46.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.8%

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.

Brent Cross & Staples Corner, Barnet6,958 residents · 30.5% owned · 46.7% no carPlumstead High Street, Greenwich11,064 residents · 36.2% owned · 46.9% no carUpper Edmonton East & Meridian Water, Enfield11,794 residents · 37.2% owned · 44.3% no carBaker's Arms, Waltham Forest11,798 residents · 33.1% owned · 52.4% no carScotch Estate, Haringey7,111 residents · 34.1% owned · 53.0% no carBurnt Oak & Watling Park, Barnet12,397 residents · 36.1% owned · 35.9% 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 carDollis Hill, Brent9,973 residents · 38.9% owned · 38.5% no carWelsh Harp, Brent8,328 residents · 36.4% owned · 37.5% no carSudbury East, Brent9,844 residents · 43.7% owned · 36.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Neasden

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

Tenure

Private rented46.7%
1,673 households
Owned33.8%
1,212 households
Social rented18.6%
666 households
Shared ownership0.9%
31 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement31.4%
1,125 households
Semi-detached25.9%
929 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.2%
617 households
Terraced16.9%
608 households
Detached5.7%
204 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
77 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household46.4%
1,665 households
1 car or van in household38.4%
1,376 households
2 cars or vans in household11.5%
413 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
132 households
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms29.1%
1,043 households
3 bedrooms29%
1,040 households
4 or more bedrooms21.9%
786 households
1 bedroom20%
718 households
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.7%
1,924 households
One-person household28.4%
1,019 households
Other household types17.9%
641 households
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28.4%
1,018 households
2 people in household23.9%
857 households
3 people in household16.3%
586 households
4 people in household13.9%
498 households
5 people in household8%
287 households
6 people in household4.7%
168 households
8 or more people in household2.7%
96 households
7 people in household2.1%
76 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.1%
1,976 residents
15–2921.6%
2,231 residents
30–4423.6%
2,443 residents
45–6424.2%
2,502 residents
65 and over11.6%
1,200 residents
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White37.1%
3,840 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh24.2%
2,508 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19%
1,964 residents
Other ethnic group14.1%
1,462 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.6%
577 residents
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.8%
2,628 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications27.5%
2,275 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.1%
997 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
835 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.2%
761 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
401 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.4%
362 residents aged 16 and over
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.4%
4,745 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
3,219 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.6%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.7%
1,462 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.1%
1,331 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
1,105 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
998 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.8%
891 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.7%
884 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
405 residents aged 16 and over
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.6%
5,242 residents
Good health33.7%
3,487 residents
Fair health10.7%
1,105 residents
Bad health3.8%
389 residents
Very bad health1.3%
130 residents
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88%
9,108 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12%
1,247 residents
Neasden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.6%
1,385 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.2%
1,153 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.3%
800 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.3%
227 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
20 households
Neasden · 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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