Golders Green is home to well-qualified people in their thirties and forties, split almost evenly between owners and renters. About half own their home. More than four in ten rent privately. Half have a degree. It is a grown-up, professional suburb where a large share of the professionals are still on tenancy agreements.
The 2021 census, the source for every population figure on this page, counted 38,755 residents in 14,760 households. About 50% of households own their home, 43% rent from a private landlord and 7% rent social housing. Owners and private renters make up two almost equal halves, and the area's housing stock has room for both.
The median age is 36, and about 30% of residents are between 25 and 44. That puts the typical resident in their working prime, with more years of career ahead than behind. Full-time students make up just 2% of the population, and nothing like a university town's age profile pulls that median down.
The Office for National Statistics models typical household income here at about £79,000 for the financial year to March 2023, averaged across the area and counted before tax. That is a strong income anywhere. The figure is a few years old and taken before tax and National Insurance, and buyers and renters pay their housing costs out of what is left after both.
About 32% of households are one person living alone, and about 12% are a single pensioner, a group that sits inside that one-person share. Couples with dependent children make up about 23% of households, and lone parents about 8%. Families are a large group but not the majority, and a third of front doors open onto someone living on their own.
About 52% of residents aged 16 and over hold a degree or equivalent, and about 14% have no qualifications at all. Most of the area is highly educated, alongside a smaller group with no formal qualifications, so describing everyone as a graduate misses part of the population.
At the census, about 87% of residents described their health as good or very good. Across the London Borough of Barnet, preventable deaths are better than the England rate and smoking is similar to the England average. The two Barnet figures cover the whole borough and are compared against England.
The people of Golders Green are an above-average mix: young enough to be busy, qualified enough to be well paid, and evenly split between buying and renting.