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Electoral wardE05013636

East Finchley ward, London Borough of Barnet

East Finchley is one of 24 electoral wards of Barnet London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 16,639 residents in 6,901 households — 6,773 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Finchley and Golders Green constituency.

Residents, 202116,639council ward average 16,223
Households6,9012.41 residents per household
Density6,773/ km²about 2.46 km² · London Borough of Barnet 4,488
Aged 65+15.0%London Borough of Barnet: 14.4% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 916
5–96.0% · 1,001
10–157.5% · 1,245
16–194.2% · 697
20–245.2% · 863
25–3415.7% · 2,613
35–4923.0% · 3,831
50–6417.9% · 2,984
65–747.7% · 1,280
75–845.4% · 893
85+1.9% · 317

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.6% · 2,529
1 car or van47.7% · 3,292
2 cars or vans12.9% · 891
3 or more2.7% · 189
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Barnet overall: 52.7% owned, 13.4% social rented, 32.7% private rented.

Owned outright24.3% · 1,675
With mortgage23.9% · 1,650
Shared ownership0.7% · 45
Social rented22.8% · 1,574
Private rented28.1% · 1,942
Lives rent free0.2% · 13

Type of home

Detached house2.4% · 169
Semi-detached house13.9% · 957
Terraced house24.7% · 1,707
Purpose-built flat44.6% · 3,081
Converted house11.9% · 822
Other conversion0.6% · 39
Above shop / office1.8% · 121
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.