Oakwood Park & Highlands

Enfield · London · population 8,528 · 5 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,747 of 6,856 in England
  • #286 of 1,002 in London
  • #9 of 36 in Enfield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,691
Median age (est.)41
Density5,364per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above46%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 9%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 14%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 14%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 14%Black: 7%Mixed: 7%Other: 11%
White 62%Asian 14%Black 7%Mixed 7%Other 11%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 23% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 37%

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

Oakwood Park & Highlands is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,747 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 36 in Enfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (80) and lowest on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £591,250 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 88 sales), 23% above the wider Enfield median of £482,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,539 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 45 · #3,775
Employment 54 · #3,117
Education 75 · #1,705
Health 80 · #1,403
Crime 68 · #2,164
Housing & access 30 · #4,817
Living environment 37 · #4,324

House prices ?

£591,250median (12m) · +29.9% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£591,25088+29.9%+20.2%
Detached£1,090,0005+38.9%
Semi-detached£850,00035+3.7%+3.7%
Terraced£561,25014+10.7%+13.7%
Flat£368,50034+6.8%+1.7%
This area£591,250
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)£53,539±£7,570 · #618 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,395
Price-to-income ?11.0×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 349 offences
Enfield90
London102
England83

Rank #1,313 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft55
Burglary33
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons30
Drugs10
Robbery8
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 108 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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