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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000426

Highgate Wood

Highgate Wood is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,492 residents in Haringey. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Haringey
6,492

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,747

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,912.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

37.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

66.3%

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.

Queen's Road, Richmond upon Thames6,301 residents · 50.4% owned · 37.1% no carChiswick South West, Hounslow8,402 residents · 52.8% owned · 33.4% no carPutney West, Wandsworth8,867 residents · 53.2% owned · 39.5% no carChiswick South East, Hounslow8,976 residents · 55.1% owned · 33.0% no carSt Mary's, Ealing9,250 residents · 49.4% owned · 36.5% no carHampton Wick & Teddington East, Richmond upon Thames10,755 residents · 61.6% owned · 25.6% no car

Most similar within Haringey

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Muswell Hill South, Haringey6,558 residents · 56.5% owned · 38.4% no carFortis Green & Coldfall, Haringey7,763 residents · 54.8% owned · 34.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Highgate Wood

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

Tenure

Owned53.5%
1,469 households
Private rented29.4%
808 households
Social rented16.2%
444 households
Shared ownership0.8%
22 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.6%
1,060 households
Terraced16.1%
443 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits15.2%
417 households
Semi-detached14.7%
403 households
Detached13%
356 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
35 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.2%
1,131 households
No cars or vans in household37.8%
1,039 households
2 cars or vans in household15.5%
426 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
150 households
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.4%
945 households
4 or more bedrooms29%
796 households
3 bedrooms19.3%
530 households
1 bedroom17.3%
474 households
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.2%
1,627 households
One-person household31.3%
859 households
Other household types9.5%
262 households
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.5%
891 households
1 person in household31.3%
857 households
3 people in household15.8%
432 households
4 people in household13.7%
375 households
5 people in household4.9%
135 households
6 people in household1.2%
33 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,087 residents
15–2916.8%
1,092 residents
30–4423.2%
1,507 residents
45–6426.4%
1,712 residents
65 and over16.9%
1,094 residents
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.6%
4,584 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.8%
634 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.7%
502 residents
Other ethnic group6.3%
406 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.6%
365 residents
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above66.3%
3,527 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications9.8%
522 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.7%
462 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.9%
418 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.6%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.3%
3,425 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.2%
1,820 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations29.9%
1,591 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
1,370 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
633 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.2%
383 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.2%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.4%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.1%
273 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.2%
225 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.9%
3,823 residents
Good health28.2%
1,828 residents
Fair health9.2%
597 residents
Bad health2.8%
180 residents
Very bad health1%
63 residents
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.9%
5,645 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.1%
848 residents
Highgate Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.8%
1,612 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.9%
765 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
276 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
86 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Highgate 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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