[1] Major districts are Kilburn, Willesden, Wembley and Harlesden, with sub-districts Stonebridge, Kingsbury, Kensal Green, Neasden, and Queen's Park.

[12] Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly, the borough forms part of the Brent and Harrow constituency.

The population took five decades to rebound to the more muted peak of the 1950s, when much industry relocated from London, further boosting the speed of the wave of new housing then built.

Brent was the only Outer London borough combining high proportions of Indian and Afro-Caribbean ethnicities.

[17] The 2021 census found that the borough has England and Wales's lowest proportion of people born in the UK, at 43.9%.

Black ethnicities in highest proportion were in Stonebridge, Harlesden and Kensal Green wards.

Asian ethnicities in highest proportion were in the wards of Alperton, Wembley Central and Kenton.

[27][28] In September 2024, Mary Gregory, a deputy director at the ONS said some people may have misunderstood the question, saying there was "potential bias" in how the question was answered "by those who responded that they had lower levels of English proficiency, some of whom may have mistakenly given an answer suggesting they were trans".

According to the House of Commons survey of female genital mutilation, in the year to 31 March 2016, Brent represented the highest number of attendees, by current residence or visiting location, to medical services, at 1,250, 545 more than the next-highest local authority, Bristol.

[37] This table shows the stated ethnic group of respondents in the 1991 to 2021 censuses and estimates for 1966 and 1981 in Brent.

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.

[47][failed verification] Behind Tower Hamlets, Brent has the highest poverty rate in London after housing costs.

[51] Diageo has its head office in Park Royal and in Brent,[52][53] on a former Guinness brewery property.

Willesden, for its more typical area covered (10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi)), responded to over a thousand incidents in 2006/2007.

Park Royal, with its one pumping appliance and an incident response unit covers 8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi).

21 tube stations are located in Brent, all served by either the Metropolitan, Jubilee, Bakerloo or Piccadilly Lines.

All of them are surface level, with the exception of Kilburn Park tube station in the southeast of the borough.