Palmers Green West

Enfield · London · population 8,687 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,611 of 6,856 in England
  • #410 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 36 in Enfield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,874
Median age (est.)40
Density9,238per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above49%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 32%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 4%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 8%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 9%
White 71%Asian 8%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 9%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 27% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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

Palmers Green West sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,611 of 6,856 in England, and #11 of 36 in Enfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (78) but weak on Living environment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £545,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 83 sales), 13% above the wider Enfield median of £482,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,291 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 73 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 36 · #4,420
Employment 57 · #2,973
Education 70 · #2,041
Health 78 · #1,492
Crime 47 · #3,631
Housing & access 20 · #5,482
Living environment 18 · #5,585

House prices ?

£545,000median (12m) · +2.8% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£545,00083+2.8%+10.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£1,005,00010+20.0%+3.1%
Terraced£775,00025-0.3%+14.6%
Flat£441,50046+13.2%+10.4%
This area£545,000
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)£55,291±£7,930 · #444 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,504
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 635 offences
Enfield90
London102
England83

Rank #3,722 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences190
Theft140
Burglary35
Vehicle crime113
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons44
Drugs47
Robbery15
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 181 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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