Brent: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£1,326,037

Semi-detached

£829,853

Terraced

£700,019

Flat or maisonette

£378,992

First-time buyers

£473,234

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  240,813 in 1991 → 352,976 in 2024 (+46.6%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £266,474 in 2005 → £546,135 in 2026 (+104.9%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £437 in 2008 → £690 in 2025 (+57.9%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  64.3% in 2004 → 67.6% in 2023 (+5.1%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  3.7% in 2001 → 7.5% in 2025 (+102.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £10,659 in 1997 → £30,402 in 2024 (+185.2%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Brent; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access8 min (2019) · 18th lowest of 326
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment2.7 t per person (2024) · 21st lowest of 361
• Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access366.9 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 26th highest of 361
• Healthy life expectancy, women · Health & wellbeing65.2 years (2022 to 2024) · 24th highest of 195

Where it ranks worst

• Claimant count · Economy & work7.5% (2025) · 357th lowest of 361
• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work42.3% (2024/25) · 358th lowest of 363
• Housing affordability · Housing13.9× earnings (April 2025) · 312th lowest of 316
• Life satisfaction · Health & wellbeing7.1 out of 10 (2022/23) · 347th highest of 363

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)80.6 years · England 80.0 · 45th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.9 years · England 83.8 · 8th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)64.5 years · England 60.9 · 19th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)65.2 years · England 61.3 · 20th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)279.2 per 100k · England 321.0 · 34th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)10.6% · England 10.4 · 75th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)58.2% · England 64.6 · 22nd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)68.3% · England 68.3 · 76th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)50.4 score · England 46.0 · 23rd highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)2.4% · England 5.8 · 10th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)18.5% · England 19.8 · 77th lowest of 153