Harefield

Hillingdon · London · population 7,672 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,372 of 6,856 in England
  • #555 of 1,002 in London
  • #18 of 32 in Hillingdon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,799
Median age (est.)42
Density512per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above32%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 20%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 32% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Harefield is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,372 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 32 in Hillingdon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (51) and lowest on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £460,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 69 sales), 10% below the wider Hillingdon median of £512,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,117 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 44 · #3,830
Employment 51 · #3,378
Education 28 · #4,968
Health 50 · #3,446
Crime 51 · #3,336
Housing & access 2 · #6,695
Living environment 51 · #3,330

House prices ?

£460,000median (12m) · +10.6% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£460,00069+10.6%+11.2%
Detached£625,0006-22.9%-7.7%
Semi-detached£501,50032+2.3%+3.4%
Terraced£455,00017+9.4%+23.0%
Flat£292,50014-4.1%-2.5%
This area£460,000
Hillingdon£512,000
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)£50,117±£7,090 · #1,043 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,698
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 437 offences
Hillingdon100
London102
England83

Rank #2,634 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences187
Theft55
Burglary23
Vehicle crime56
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons39
Drugs14
Robbery11
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 191 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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