West Hendon

Barnet · London · population 11,529 · 6 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,865 of 6,856 in England
  • #667 of 1,002 in London
  • #38 of 42 in Barnet
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,626
Median age (est.)36
Density5,299per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above43%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 38%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 16%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 11%Other: 21%
One person 30%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 11%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Elementary 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 46%Asian: 30%Black: 10%Mixed: 5%Other: 9%
White 46%Asian 30%Black 10%Mixed 5%Other 9%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · Muslim 20% · No religion 15%

Born outside the UK: 58%

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

West Hendon is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,865 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 42 in Barnet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (74) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 131 sales), 13% below the wider Barnet median of £575,500. Typical household take-home income is around £46,668 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 21 · #5,434
Employment 47 · #3,638
Education 43 · #3,905
Health 74 · #1,815
Crime 44 · #3,837
Housing & access 2 · #6,716
Living environment 26 · #5,043

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · +21.0% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,000131+21.0%+22.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£571,25010-3.2%+3.4%
Terraced£500,00019-5.5%+17.6%
Flat£451,875101+12.7%+19.2%
This area£500,000
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)£46,668±£6,629 · #1,707 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,827
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,039 offences
Barnet74
London102
England83

Rank #4,548 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences337
Theft220
Burglary75
Vehicle crime163
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons67
Drugs61
Robbery29
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 342 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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