Childs Hill

Barnet · London · population 6,780 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,509 of 6,856 in England
  • #582 of 1,002 in London
  • #33 of 42 in Barnet
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,672
Median age (est.)35
Density8,402per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above51%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 34%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 25%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 18%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 18%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 54%Asian: 16%Black: 13%Mixed: 6%Other: 11%
White 54%Asian 16%Black 13%Mixed 6%Other 11%

Religion & identity

Christian 36% · No religion 21% · Muslim 19%

Born outside the UK: 48%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Childs Hill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,509 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (76) but weak on Income (20). Typical homes here sold for about £533,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 39 sales), 7% below the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £52,956 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 79 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 20 · #5,503
Employment 33 · #4,584
Education 61 · #2,678
Health 76 · #1,657
Crime 38 · #4,255
Housing & access 23 · #5,276
Living environment 25 · #5,112

House prices ?

£533,000median (12m) · -6.9% yr · n=39
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£533,00039-6.9%-11.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£672,5006-21.8%+9.3%
Flat£440,00029-11.6%-26.1%
This area£533,000
Barnet£575,500
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£52,956±£7,588 · #673 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,375
Price-to-income ?10.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 535 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #4,026 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences169
Theft174
Burglary31
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons36
Drugs20
Robbery7
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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