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Electoral wardE05013649
West Hendon ward, London Borough of Barnet
West Hendon is one of 24 electoral wards of Barnet London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 17,251 residents in 6,457 households — 5,475 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hendon constituency.
Residents, 202117,251council ward average 16,223
Households6,4572.67 residents per household
Density5,475/ km²about 3.15 km² · London Borough of Barnet 4,488
Aged 65+11.0%London Borough of Barnet: 14.4% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 1,023
5–95.0% · 869
10–156.4% · 1,109
16–193.6% · 619
20–247.0% · 1,207
25–3420.1% · 3,468
35–4924.2% · 4,174
50–6416.7% · 2,887
65–746.1% · 1,051
75–843.3% · 575
85+1.6% · 271
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.8% · 2,569
1 car or van42.8% · 2,764
2 cars or vans13.9% · 897
3 or more3.5% · 227
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Barnet overall: 52.7% owned, 13.4% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright19.7% · 1,272
With mortgage21.9% · 1,414
Shared ownership0.8% · 54
Social rented14.3% · 926
Private rented43.1% · 2,786
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house9.6% · 617
Semi-detached house19.6% · 1,264
Terraced house15.1% · 975
Purpose-built flat40.8% · 2,633
Converted house13.3% · 860
Other conversion0.4% · 29
Above shop / office1.1% · 74
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013649- Constituency
- Hendon
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
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.