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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000287

Cockfosters & Hadley Wood

Cockfosters & Hadley Wood is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,355 residents in Enfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Enfield
7,355

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,870

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

829.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.3%

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.

Totteridge & Barnet Gate, Barnet9,457 residents · 74.9% owned · 13.0% no carElstree & Aldenham, Hertsmere6,541 residents · 72.7% owned · 9.1% no carWoodford Wells, Redbridge11,159 residents · 74.0% owned · 17.2% no carOak Hill, Barnet6,458 residents · 71.5% owned · 14.9% no carBushey Heath, Hertsmere10,552 residents · 75.7% owned · 11.0% no carMill Hill Park, Barnet7,168 residents · 67.4% owned · 18.3% no car

Most similar within Enfield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Grange Park, Enfield6,396 residents · 79.2% owned · 15.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cockfosters & Hadley Wood

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

Tenure

Owned70.7%
2,030 households
Private rented18.7%
537 households
Social rented8.6%
248 households
Shared ownership1.7%
50 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached33.3%
958 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement32.7%
939 households
Semi-detached25%
718 households
Terraced4.8%
137 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
63 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
49 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.7%
1,112 households
2 cars or vans in household29%
833 households
No cars or vans in household17.8%
511 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.5%
417 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.5%
1,251 households
3 bedrooms23.8%
685 households
2 bedrooms21.8%
626 households
1 bedroom10.8%
311 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.5%
1,880 households
One-person household26.8%
769 households
Other household types7.8%
223 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.8%
857 households
1 person in household26.8%
769 households
3 people in household18.7%
538 households
4 people in household16.2%
465 households
5 people in household6.1%
175 households
6 people in household1.7%
50 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,248 residents
15–2914.8%
1,091 residents
30–4419.4%
1,430 residents
45–6426%
1,915 residents
65 and over22.8%
1,674 residents
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White63.9%
4,696 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15.1%
1,109 residents
Other ethnic group10.9%
800 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.6%
413 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.5%
334 residents
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.3%
2,847 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.3%
981 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.6%
761 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.7%
645 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.1%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.3%
3,510 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
2,441 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
68 residents aged 16 and over
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,418 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21%
1,264 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.2%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
682 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.1%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.3%
257 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.8%
4,031 residents
Good health30%
2,206 residents
Fair health10.6%
779 residents
Bad health3.5%
256 residents
Very bad health1.1%
83 residents
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
6,416 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
939 residents
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.4%
1,587 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
889 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11%
316 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Cockfosters & Hadley Wood · 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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