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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000351

Brownswood

Brownswood is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,286 residents in Hackney. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Hackney
9,286

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,228

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17,770.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

29.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

66.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

63.5%

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.

Tollington, Islington11,396 residents · 29.2% owned · 65.0% no carWest Hampstead, Camden9,082 residents · 29.3% owned · 62.9% no carStroud Green, Haringey6,120 residents · 38.8% owned · 58.6% no carKilburn West, Brent9,014 residents · 31.0% owned · 62.1% no carHighbury, Islington7,865 residents · 34.2% owned · 60.6% no carShepherd's Bush South, Hammersmith and Fulham6,433 residents · 28.5% owned · 66.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brownswood

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

Tenure

Private rented40%
1,690 households
Owned29.3%
1,239 households
Social rented27.9%
1,181 households
Shared ownership2.3%
97 households
Lives rent free0.5%
21 households
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement44.7%
1,892 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits40.6%
1,716 households
Terraced7.4%
311 households
Semi-detached3.5%
146 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
74 households
Detached1%
42 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
20 households
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household66.1%
2,796 households
1 car or van in household30%
1,269 households
2 cars or vans in household3.4%
144 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
22 households
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.5%
1,588 households
1 bedroom33.9%
1,435 households
3 bedrooms19%
806 households
4 or more bedrooms9.5%
402 households
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.7%
2,060 households
One-person household34.7%
1,470 households
Other household types16.6%
701 households
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.5%
1,503 households
1 person in household34.7%
1,470 households
3 people in household15.6%
661 households
4 people in household9.1%
387 households
5 people in household2.8%
117 households
6 people in household1%
44 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
28 households
7 people in household0.5%
22 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
1,284 residents
15–2925.5%
2,369 residents
30–4434.5%
3,203 residents
45–6418.7%
1,733 residents
65 and over7.5%
695 residents
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White61.3%
5,691 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African12.8%
1,187 residents
Other ethnic group9.5%
882 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.6%
797 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.9%
730 residents
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above63.5%
5,044 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.6%
924 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.3%
821 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.1%
485 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
377 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71.7%
5,693 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.5%
2,022 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
227 residents aged 16 and over
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations26%
2,062 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
2,042 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.1%
719 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.7%
689 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
607 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.7%
532 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6%
476 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.4%
5,236 residents
Good health29.5%
2,741 residents
Fair health9.5%
883 residents
Bad health3.2%
300 residents
Very bad health1.4%
126 residents
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.2%
8,007 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.8%
1,279 residents
Brownswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.8%
2,066 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.9%
1,394 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.5%
570 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
186 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
17 households
Brownswood · 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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