Copthall & Downage

Barnet · London · population 10,328 · 5 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,055 of 6,856 in England
  • #324 of 1,002 in London
  • #16 of 42 in Barnet
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,283
Median age (est.)39
Density3,334per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above54%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 5%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional14%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 19%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 13%
White 57%Asian 19%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 13%

Religion & identity

Christian 30% · Jewish 27% · No religion 15%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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

Copthall & Downage is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,055 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (93) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £622,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 112 sales), 8% above the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £58,805 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 50 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 47 · #3,645
Employment 58 · #2,898
Education 89 · #773
Health 93 · #505
Crime 62 · #2,596
Housing & access 9 · #6,216
Living environment 28 · #4,913

House prices ?

£622,500median (12m) · -8.5% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£622,500112-8.5%+3.3%
Detached£1,472,5008-10.5%+32.7%
Semi-detached£815,00041+2.2%+18.1%
Terraced£672,50018-4.3%+5.1%
Flat£405,00045-14.7%-6.9%
This area£622,500
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)£58,805±£8,332 · #234 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,669
Price-to-income ?10.6×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 515 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #2,108 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences188
Theft67
Burglary58
Vehicle crime80
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons38
Drugs33
Robbery9
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 132 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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