Rent in EN5, London

EN5 is a postcode district mostly in Barnet (it also reaches into Hertsmere), with wards including Barnet Vale, Bentley Heath & The Royds, East Barnet, High Barnet. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,700 a month, −6% against the Barnet figure and −17% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeEN5BarnetLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,325£1,486£1,68460
2 bedrooms£1,700£1,800£2,036100
3 bedrooms£2,200£2,350£2,47230
4+ bedrooms£3,250£3,425£3,35330

Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Wards in EN5 include

Barnet Vale · Bentley Heath & The Royds · East Barnet · High Barnet · Shenley · Underhill

Who lives in Barnet

Census 2021, whole borough (Barnet vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes53.7%46.8%
Private rentals32.7%30.0%
Social housing rentals13.5%23.1%
One-person households28.0%29.3%
Children under 1519.3%18.1%
Aged 65 and over14.4%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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