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Electoral wardE05013648

West Finchley ward, London Borough of Barnet

West Finchley is one of 24 electoral wards of Barnet London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 19,430 residents in 7,751 households — 7,963 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Finchley and Golders Green constituency.

Residents, 202119,430council ward average 16,223
Households7,7512.51 residents per household
Density7,963/ km²about 2.44 km² · London Borough of Barnet 4,488
Aged 65+14.0%London Borough of Barnet: 14.4% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 1,256
5–96.0% · 1,172
10–157.2% · 1,405
16–193.2% · 627
20–244.8% · 927
25–3415.5% · 3,018
35–4925.4% · 4,927
50–6417.3% · 3,369
65–747.3% · 1,417
75–844.8% · 923
85+2.0% · 389

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.6% · 2,601
1 car or van48.7% · 3,772
2 cars or vans14.9% · 1,152
3 or more2.9% · 226
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.6% · 2,136
With mortgage24.8% · 1,924
Shared ownership0.4% · 31
Social rented5.9% · 457
Private rented41.2% · 3,197
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house3.2% · 249
Semi-detached house24.5% · 1,900
Terraced house19.0% · 1,476
Purpose-built flat32.6% · 2,529
Converted house17.7% · 1,375
Other conversion0.7% · 58
Above shop / office2.1% · 159
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013648
Region
London
Density rank in council
5 of 24

Other wards in the same constituency

CChilds Hill14.2% aged 65+ · 43.5% owned19,629CCricklewood10.0% aged 65+ · 34.9% owned10,724EEast Finchley15.0% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned16,639FFinchley Church End18.2% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned18,840GGarden Suburb21.1% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned12,207GGolders Green13.1% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned14,746WWoodhouse15.2% aged 65+ · 49.0% owned13,914

All 24 wards of London Borough of Barnet

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.