Brimsdown & Ponders End

Enfield · London · population 6,769 · 3 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,291 of 6,856 in England
  • #975 of 1,002 in London
  • #28 of 36 in Enfield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,685
Median age (est.)33
Density1,369per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above30%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 32%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 27%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 27%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional10%
Skilled trades10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 35%Asian: 14%Black: 30%Mixed: 6%Other: 15%
White 35%Asian 14%Black 30%Mixed 6%Other 15%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · Muslim 29% · No religion 17%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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

Brimsdown & Ponders End is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,291 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 36 in Enfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (36) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 31 sales), 22% below the wider Enfield median of £482,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,443 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 105 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,702
Employment 8 · #6,298
Education 16 · #5,743
Health 33 · #4,584
Crime 26 · #5,057
Housing & access 11 · #6,092
Living environment 36 · #4,365

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +38.9% yr · n=31
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00031+38.9%+13.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£510,0005
Terraced£424,50010+2.9%+11.0%
Flat£275,00016+17.6%-14.1%
This area£375,000
Enfield£482,000
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)£43,443±£6,321 · #2,457 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,249
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

105 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 708 offences
Enfield90
London102
England83

Rank #5,065 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences249
Theft105
Burglary74
Vehicle crime106
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons39
Drugs48
Robbery19
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 251 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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