Oak Hill

Barnet · London · population 6,337 · 4 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,746 of 6,856 in England
  • #188 of 1,002 in London
  • #6 of 42 in Barnet
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,457
Median age (est.)42
Density4,405per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above47%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 6%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 13%Black: 4%Mixed: 5%Other: 8%
White 70%Asian 13%Black 4%Mixed 5%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 23% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Oak Hill is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,746 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (92) but weak on Housing & access (25). Typical homes here sold for about £667,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 78 sales), 16% above the wider Barnet median of £575,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,108 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £54,471 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 64 · #2,500
Employment 64 · #2,500
Education 89 · #752
Health 92 · #519
Crime 80 · #1,383
Housing & access 25 · #5,132
Living environment 43 · #3,899

House prices ?

£667,500median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£667,50078+2.7%+17.6%
Detached£879,50016+17.3%
Semi-detached£700,00028+1.4%+3.3%
Terraced£619,07417+7.7%+23.8%
Flat£325,00017-14.8%-13.3%
This area£667,500
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)£54,471±£7,730 · #515 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,252
Price-to-income ?12.3×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 ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 190 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #410 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences68
Theft23
Burglary25
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson9
Public order & weapons11
Drugs13
Robbery1
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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