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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000148

Bickley East

Bickley East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,723 residents in Bromley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bromley
6,723

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,699

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,395.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.1%

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.

Cheam High Street, Sutton8,204 residents · 77.2% owned · 17.8% no carWest Leigh, Southend-on-Sea9,369 residents · 80.8% owned · 12.2% no carLoughton North, Epping Forest9,863 residents · 76.4% owned · 11.9% no carBexley Village, Bexley8,209 residents · 79.8% owned · 15.4% no carIckenham, Hillingdon7,643 residents · 81.6% owned · 10.1% no carAshtead East, Mole Valley6,903 residents · 80.5% owned · 10.0% no car

Most similar within Bromley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

West Wickham, Bromley12,292 residents · 82.6% owned · 15.9% no carHayes South & Coney Hall, Bromley8,108 residents · 84.5% owned · 12.0% no carOrpington West, Bromley8,529 residents · 71.7% owned · 22.4% no carChelsfield & Green Street Green, Bromley7,716 residents · 84.1% owned · 11.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bickley East

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

Tenure

Owned81.5%
2,200 households
Private rented10.9%
295 households
Social rented7.3%
196 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached52.7%
1,422 households
Detached27.8%
750 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.3%
251 households
Terraced4.2%
112 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.9%
105 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.7%
45 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.5%
1,283 households
2 cars or vans in household28.2%
760 households
No cars or vans in household14.7%
397 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.6%
259 households
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms41%
1,106 households
3 bedrooms35.6%
961 households
2 bedrooms17.3%
466 households
1 bedroom6.2%
166 households
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.2%
1,891 households
One-person household24.9%
670 households
Other household types5%
134 households
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
887 households
1 person in household24.9%
673 households
4 people in household19.3%
522 households
3 people in household17.5%
472 households
5 people in household4.2%
113 households
6 people in household0.9%
24 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,246 residents
15–2912.9%
866 residents
30–4418.1%
1,220 residents
45–6428.2%
1,895 residents
65 and over22.3%
1,496 residents
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.7%
5,490 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.1%
610 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.9%
260 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
246 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
115 residents
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.1%
2,495 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
761 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.4%
727 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.2%
659 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.9%
427 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.5%
3,217 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
2,131 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
60 residents aged 16 and over
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
1,390 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
1,368 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.4%
727 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.8%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4%
217 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.7%
3,746 residents
Good health32%
2,151 residents
Fair health9.3%
623 residents
Bad health2.3%
157 residents
Very bad health0.7%
48 residents
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.8%
5,900 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.2%
823 residents
Bickley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58%
1,565 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
841 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
236 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Bickley 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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