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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000311

Bowes

Bowes is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,544 residents in Enfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Enfield
10,544

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,635

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,441.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.7%

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.

Greenford North, Ealing8,722 residents · 51.1% owned · 30.6% no carSouth Chingford, Waltham Forest8,973 residents · 60.0% owned · 27.0% no carNortholt East, Ealing7,395 residents · 57.4% owned · 25.2% no carMill Hill Broadway, Barnet8,844 residents · 43.8% owned · 28.4% no carWealdstone North, Harrow10,747 residents · 45.3% owned · 33.9% no carBurnt Oak & Watling Park, Barnet12,397 residents · 36.1% owned · 35.9% no car

Most similar within Enfield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tatem Park, Enfield10,112 residents · 59.7% owned · 29.0% no carPalmers Green East, Enfield8,668 residents · 66.0% owned · 22.8% no carNew Southgate & Arnos Grove, Enfield8,759 residents · 49.4% owned · 34.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bowes

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

Tenure

Owned51.9%
1,885 households
Private rented30.4%
1,104 households
Social rented16.6%
604 households
Shared ownership0.8%
30 households
Lives rent free0.3%
12 households
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.9%
1,560 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.7%
933 households
Semi-detached19.7%
718 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6%
219 households
Detached4.8%
174 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,632 households
No cars or vans in household30.8%
1,121 households
2 cars or vans in household19.1%
695 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.2%
189 households
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.9%
1,670 households
2 bedrooms22.8%
827 households
4 or more bedrooms16.7%
608 households
1 bedroom14.6%
530 households
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.3%
2,192 households
One-person household22.7%
824 households
Other household types17.1%
621 households
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25.5%
928 households
1 person in household22.7%
824 households
3 people in household19.3%
701 households
4 people in household17.9%
649 households
5 people in household8.1%
296 households
6 people in household2.9%
104 households
8 or more people in household2%
71 households
7 people in household1.7%
62 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
1,883 residents
15–2920.7%
2,186 residents
30–4422.7%
2,390 residents
45–6425.6%
2,698 residents
65 and over13.2%
1,387 residents
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White51.7%
5,446 residents
Other ethnic group15.4%
1,629 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.4%
1,519 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.1%
1,385 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
565 residents
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.7%
2,871 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.9%
2,119 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.5%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.7%
911 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%
806 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4%
337 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.8%
5,094 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.7%
3,212 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.6%
1,329 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.5%
1,315 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.6%
1,243 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
994 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.8%
915 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
824 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.1%
773 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.2%
696 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5%
422 residents aged 16 and over
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50%
5,274 residents
Good health33.3%
3,516 residents
Fair health11.6%
1,225 residents
Bad health3.8%
405 residents
Very bad health1.2%
124 residents
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.9%
9,166 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.1%
1,378 residents
Bowes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.2%
1,389 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.2%
1,351 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.2%
662 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.1%
222 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Bowes · 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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