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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000283

Brimsdown Avenue

Brimsdown Avenue is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,538 residents in Enfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Enfield
8,538

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,800

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,486.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.8%

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.

South Chingford, Waltham Forest8,973 residents · 60.0% owned · 27.0% no carKingshill Avenue, Ealing9,461 residents · 46.0% owned · 27.4% no carEarlsmead, Harrow8,706 residents · 58.2% owned · 22.9% no carHayes End, Hillingdon10,470 residents · 46.2% owned · 23.9% no carLittle Heath, Coventry7,211 residents · 57.7% owned · 26.5% no carMill Hill Broadway, Barnet8,844 residents · 43.8% owned · 28.4% no car

Most similar within Enfield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bullsmoor & Freezywater, Enfield7,524 residents · 54.3% owned · 27.7% no carPonders End South, Enfield9,369 residents · 50.4% owned · 31.2% no carTatem Park, Enfield10,112 residents · 59.7% owned · 29.0% no carSouthbury West, Enfield9,837 residents · 64.7% owned · 25.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brimsdown Avenue

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

Tenure

Owned53.9%
1,508 households
Private rented28.5%
797 households
Social rented17%
476 households
Shared ownership0.6%
16 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced46.4%
1,299 households
Semi-detached31.6%
886 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.1%
254 households
Detached7.6%
213 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.6%
128 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
1,220 households
No cars or vans in household25%
699 households
2 cars or vans in household22.4%
627 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.1%
254 households
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.4%
1,662 households
2 bedrooms20%
560 households
4 or more bedrooms15.8%
442 households
1 bedroom4.9%
136 households
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.6%
2,002 households
One-person household17.1%
478 households
Other household types11.4%
318 households
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25%
700 households
3 people in household20.9%
587 households
4 people in household20%
559 households
1 person in household17.1%
479 households
5 people in household10.9%
306 households
6 people in household3.9%
108 households
7 people in household1.6%
44 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.9%
1,873 residents
15–2922.5%
1,925 residents
30–4419.2%
1,638 residents
45–6425.2%
2,154 residents
65 and over11.2%
953 residents
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White46.5%
3,968 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African23.3%
1,991 residents
Other ethnic group15%
1,278 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.4%
800 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.9%
502 residents
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.2%
1,830 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above27.8%
1,809 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.8%
895 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
687 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
295 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
199 residents aged 16 and over
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
3,684 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
2,636 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.8%
959 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.7%
952 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.3%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
801 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
754 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.3%
671 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
641 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.8%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
347 residents aged 16 and over
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
4,210 residents
Good health34%
2,901 residents
Fair health11.5%
980 residents
Bad health3.8%
324 residents
Very bad health1.4%
122 residents
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.1%
7,347 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.9%
1,191 residents
Brimsdown Avenue · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.8%
1,057 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
1,027 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.3%
540 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6%
167 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Brimsdown Avenue · 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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