Editing London Borough of Barnet (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Barnet population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Barnet in 2021]]
{{Historical populations
|type = UK
|title = Population
|footnote = Source: [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10091767&c_id=10001043&add=N ''A Vision of Britain through time'']
|1801 |6404
|1811 |7502
|1821 |9578
|1831 |11343
|1841 |12436
|1851 |13232
|1861 |22675
|1871 |32119
|1881 |41563
|1891 |58432
|1901 |84784
|1911 |123023
|1921 |169204
|1931 |232722
|1941 |272356
|1951 |318770
|1961 |311951
|1971 |305338
|1981 |290204
|1991 |299934
|2001 |314561
|2011 |356836
|2021 |389300
}}

In 1801, the [[civil parishes in England|civil parishes]] that form the modern borough had a total population of 6,404; and the area was characterised by farming and woodland &mdash; with settlement principally around the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]]. By 1830, a new [[Turnpike trust|turnpike]], the [[Finchley Road]] was constructed and horse-drawn omnibuses introduced. The population rose dramatically with the arrival of the trams and railways in the middle of 19th century, and new estates were built to house commuters. As industry relocated away from London during the 1960s, the population entered a decline, that has begun to reverse with new housing developments on brownfield sites.

According to the 2001 census the borough then had a population of 314,564<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276745&c=barnet&d=13&e=16&g=326105&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1262804090413&enc=1|title=Information on Barnet (Local Authority)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=6 January 2010|archive-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073304/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=276745&c=barnet&d=13&e=16&g=326105&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1262804090413&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> though the most recent ONS projection for 2008 is 331,500.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/barnet-population-estimate-2008|title=Barnet population estimate: 2008|year=2009|publisher=Barnet Council|access-date=6 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111082342/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/barnet-population-estimate-2008|archive-date=11 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 67% of householders are owner-occupiers. 47.3% of people described themselves as Christian, with the second largest group being [[Jewish]] at 14.8%, the highest percentage in any local government area in the United Kingdom. The third largest was people who said they had no religion at 12.8%. Just over a quarter of people belonged to non-white ethnic groups, up from 18% in the 1991 census. 12.3% were Asian and 6.0% black. Barnet had the largest [[British Chinese|Chinese]] population of any London borough in 2001, at 6,379.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/censusbriefing-culture.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331181452/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/censusbriefing-culture.pdf|url-status=dead|title=London Borough of Barnet, Census 2001 Barnet Briefing, Ethnicity, Religion and Place of Birth|archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>

As of 2011, 13.3% of the borough's population is over 65 - the sixth-highest of London's boroughs. The 65+ population is 47,400, the second-highest after [[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]]. The Jewish population is 54,084 and represents 15.5% of the population - the highest in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275011&c=Barnet&d=13&e=61&g=6318499&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1392850813783&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2579|title=Neighbourhood Statistics|access-date=19 February 2014|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214951/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275011&c=Barnet&d=13&e=61&g=6318499&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1392850813783&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2579|url-status=dead}}</ref> 41.2% identify themselves as Christians, and 16.1% with no religion.

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 census in Barnet.

===Ethnicity===
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Barnet by single year ages in 2021.svg|thumb|Ethnic makeup of Barnet by single year ages in 2021]]
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="14" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1966 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/659921 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=search.worldcat.org |page=42 |language=en}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 - Ethnic group  |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!
!97.5%
!–
!94.4%
!247,854
!87.2%
!239,549
!81.6%
!232,868
!74.03%
!228,553
!64.13%
!224,762
!57.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 188,301 || 59.86% || 162,117 || 45.49%
|140,777
|36.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|3.3%
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 10,545 || 3.35% || 8,685|| 2.44%
|7,644
|2.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–||  –||  –|| 151 || 0.04%
|179
|0.0%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,554
|0.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 34,022|| 10.82% || 57,600|| 16.16%
|74,608
|19.2%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!1.5%
!–
!–
!–
!–
!37,553
!12.8%!! 45,174 !! 14.36% !! 65,918 !! 18.50%
!74,972
!19.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|21,572
| || 27,130 || 8.62% || 27,920|| 7.83%
|30,389
|7.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,297
| || 3,965|| 1.26% || 5,344 || 1.50%
|6,687
|1.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,180
| || 1,448 || 0.46% || 2,215 || 0.62%
|2,873
|0.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|3,895
| || 6,379 || 2.03% || 8,259|| 2.32%
|9,434
|2.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|8,609
| || 6,252 || 1.99% || 22,180|| 6.22%
|25,589
|6.6%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total 
!–
!1%
!–
!–
!–
!–
!10,472
!3.5%!! 18,859 !! 6.00% !! 27,431 !! 7.70%
!30,651
!7.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|0.6%
|–
|–
|–
|–
|6,042
| || 13,651 || 4.34% || 19,392 || 5.44%
|22,670
|5.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|0.4%
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,969
| || 4,113 || 1.31% || 4,468 || 1.25%
|4,951
|1.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,461
| || 1,095 || 0.35% || 3,571 || 1.00%
|3,030
|0.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 9,508 !! 3.02% !! 17,169 !! 4.82%
!20,889
!5.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,670 || 0.53% || 3,097 || 0.87%
|3,505
|0.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,590 || 0.51% || 3,112 || 0.87%
|3,747
|1.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,218 || 1.02% || 5,882|| 1.65%
|6,032
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,030 || 0.96% || 5,078 || 1.42%
|7,605
|2.0%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!5,990
!2%!! 8,155 !! 2.59% !! 17,315 !! 4.86%
!38,070
!9.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab 
|
|
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–||  –||  –|| 5,210|| 1.46%
|7,383
|1.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group 
|
|
|–
|–
|–
|–
|5,990
|2%|| 8,155|| 2.59%|| 12,105 || 3.40%
|30,687
|7.9%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total 
!–
!2.5%
!–
!5.6%
!36,465
!12.8%
!54,015
!18.4%!! 81,696 !! 25.97% !! 127,833 !! 35.87%
!164,582
!42.2%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total 
!–
!100%
!–
!100%
!284,319 
!100%
!293,564
!100%!! 314,564 !! 100.00% !! 356,386 !! 100.00%
!389,344
!100%
|}
{{Pie chart|caption=Faith in Barnet (2021)<ref>[https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E09000003], Accessed 30 June 2024</ref>|label1=[[History of Christianity in Britain|Christian]]|value1=36.6|color1=Dodgerblue|label2=[[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No Religion]]|value2=20.2|color2=honeydew|label3=[[Judaism in the United Kingdom|Jewish]]|value3=14.5|color3=darkcyan|label4=[[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslim]]|value4=12.2|color4=darkgreen|label5=[[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hindu]]|value5=5.7|color5=coral|label6=[[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhist]]|value6=1.1|color6=gold|label7=[[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikh]]|value7=0.4|color7=goldenrod|label8=Other Religions|value8=1.3|color8=darkorchid|label9=Religion not Stated|value9=8.0|color9=lightgrey}}

=== Religion ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Religion
! colspan="2" |1995 estimates<ref>{{Cite web |title=A PROFILE OF BRITISH JEWRY - 1995 |url=https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/a_pr/A%20PROFILE%20OF%20BRITISH%20JEWRY.pdf |page=12}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS007 - Religion - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=TS030 - Religion - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021ts030 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[History of Christianity in Britain|Christian]]
|–
|–
|148,844
|
|142,321
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No religion]]
|–
|–
|40,320
|
|78,684
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslim]]
|–
|–
|19,373
|
|47,688
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |Religion not stated
|–
|–
|30,580
|
|31,056
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hindu]]
|–
|–
|21,011
|
|22,105
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[History of the Jews in the United Kingdom|Jewish]]
|50,000
|17%
|46,686
|
|56,616
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikh]]
|–
|–
|1,113
|
|1,524
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |Other religion
|–
|–
|3,215
|
|5,192
|
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhist]]
|–
|–
|3,422
|
|4,158
|
|-
! scope="row" |'''Total'''
!–
!100%
!314,564
!
!389,344
!
|}