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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000091

Sidcup East

Sidcup East is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,164 residents in Bexley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bexley
10,164

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,447

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,718.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.4%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Carshalton on the Hill, Sutton8,488 residents · 69.4% owned · 23.3% no carEltham South, Greenwich6,865 residents · 61.8% owned · 33.9% no carHorsham East & Roffey, Horsham8,272 residents · 68.5% owned · 17.2% no carHorsham Central, Horsham11,286 residents · 53.0% owned · 26.6% no carHitchin Town & West, North Hertfordshire11,485 residents · 63.3% owned · 21.6% no carGreat Baddow South & West, Chelmsford9,891 residents · 59.2% owned · 19.4% no car

Most similar within Bexley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bexleyheath Broadway, Bexley8,770 residents · 71.4% owned · 27.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sidcup East

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned67%
2,979 households
Private rented16.6%
740 households
Social rented14.7%
655 households
Shared ownership1.6%
73 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.9%
1,729 households
Semi-detached35.6%
1,582 households
Detached11.5%
510 households
Terraced9.8%
434 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.9%
130 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
46 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
2,015 households
No cars or vans in household24.8%
1,103 households
2 cars or vans in household22.2%
989 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%
341 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms29.2%
1,300 households
2 bedrooms29%
1,290 households
4 or more bedrooms24.3%
1,079 households
1 bedroom17.5%
779 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.2%
2,637 households
One-person household34.6%
1,538 households
Other household types6.2%
276 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.6%
1,539 households
2 people in household29.9%
1,332 households
3 people in household17%
757 households
4 people in household12.8%
568 households
5 people in household4.5%
200 households
6 people in household0.8%
34 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,654 residents
15–2917%
1,730 residents
30–4418.9%
1,923 residents
45–6425.5%
2,594 residents
65 and over22.3%
2,262 residents
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.6%
8,400 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.3%
741 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.7%
475 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
396 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
152 residents
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.4%
2,896 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.3%
1,454 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,410 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
1,156 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
825 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
437 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
238 residents aged 16 and over
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.9%
4,874 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.3%
3,393 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,983 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
1,402 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.2%
1,278 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.2%
861 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.1%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.2%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%
4,957 residents
Good health34.6%
3,512 residents
Fair health11.9%
1,214 residents
Bad health3.8%
385 residents
Very bad health0.9%
96 residents
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
8,495 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,669 residents
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.7%
2,165 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,521 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
631 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
126 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Sidcup East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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