Rent in N2, London

N2 is a postcode district mostly in Barnet (it also reaches into Haringey), with wards including East Finchley, Fortis Green, Garden Suburb, Highgate. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,900 a month, +6% against the Barnet figure and −7% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeN2BarnetLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,500£1,486£1,68490
2 bedrooms£1,900£1,800£2,036170
3 bedrooms£2,400£2,350£2,47270
4+ bedrooms£3,738£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 N2 include

East Finchley · Fortis Green · Garden Suburb · Highgate

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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