East Finchley

Barnet · London · population 9,913 · 6 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,891 of 6,856 in England
  • #304 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 42 in Barnet
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,852
Median age (est.)39
Density10,163per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above61%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 34%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 16%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 13%Black: 6%Mixed: 7%Other: 7%
White 68%Asian 13%Black 6%Mixed 7%Other 7%

Religion & identity

No religion 36% · Christian 34% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

East Finchley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,891 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (92) but weak on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £547,500 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 104 sales), in line with the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £56,408 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, 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 62 · #2,624
Education 92 · #526
Health 92 · #512
Crime 61 · #2,672
Housing & access 26 · #5,057
Living environment 12 · #6,037

House prices ?

£547,500median (12m) · -20.4% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£547,500104-20.4%-5.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£1,565,00011+39.4%+72.9%
Terraced£885,00031-8.8%+9.6%
Flat£389,25062-25.9%-7.3%
This area£547,500
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)£56,408±£8,015 · #359 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,050
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 614 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #2,986 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences165
Theft176
Burglary42
Vehicle crime113
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons25
Drugs19
Robbery16
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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