Housing in NW9 5LE
What the homes in NW9 5LE are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Burnt Oak & Watling Park
- Council
- Barnet
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,131 (2024)
NW9 5LELondon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (42.5%). Flats make up 14.6%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
47.6% of households in the NW9 5LE area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 22% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 21.7% own outright and 25.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned47.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.1%1%
- Private rented22%20.5%
- Social rented29%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.1 people living in it. 18.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (22.6%). 29.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Barnet
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Barnet (August 2026, +3.3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NW9 5LE (Burnt Oak & Watling Park) (about 2,131 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.