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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003292

Kursaal

Kursaal is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,092 residents in Southend-on-Sea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southend-on-Sea
12,092

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,557

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,627.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

39.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.7%

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.

Margate Town, Thanet7,994 residents · 38.1% owned · 38.3% no carDevonport, Mount Wise & Morice Town, Plymouth9,182 residents · 26.7% owned · 41.8% no carHarpur, Bedford8,870 residents · 38.3% owned · 38.5% no carChatham Central and Rochester Riverside, Medway9,919 residents · 33.1% owned · 39.7% no carCentral Hastings, Hastings6,877 residents · 39.9% owned · 46.8% no carNuneaton Town Centre, Nuneaton and Bedworth9,145 residents · 45.4% owned · 36.3% no car

Most similar within Southend-on-Sea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Victoria, Southend-on-Sea13,008 residents · 33.9% owned · 40.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kursaal

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

Tenure

Private rented41.7%
2,317 households
Owned33.2%
1,846 households
Social rented24.1%
1,338 households
Shared ownership1%
54 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement39.5%
2,194 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits25.1%
1,395 households
Terraced17.6%
976 households
Semi-detached12.2%
675 households
Detached2.6%
147 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
101 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
59 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
7 households
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
2,421 households
No cars or vans in household39.6%
2,199 households
2 cars or vans in household13.8%
769 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3%
167 households
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.9%
1,993 households
1 bedroom31.7%
1,761 households
3 bedrooms20.7%
1,151 households
4 or more bedrooms11.7%
651 households
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.7%
2,927 households
One-person household41%
2,277 households
Other household types6.3%
351 households
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41%
2,277 households
2 people in household28.1%
1,561 households
3 people in household15.5%
863 households
4 people in household9.6%
533 households
5 people in household3.8%
211 households
6 people in household1.3%
73 households
7 people in household0.4%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520%
2,415 residents
15–2920.3%
2,456 residents
30–4423.1%
2,797 residents
45–6425%
3,029 residents
65 and over11.6%
1,399 residents
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.2%
10,058 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.5%
665 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
647 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
510 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
212 residents
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.7%
2,260 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.7%
2,162 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
1,581 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
1,486 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
1,283 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
279 residents aged 16 and over
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.8%
5,800 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
3,557 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
1,591 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.9%
1,421 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,409 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.8%
1,122 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8%
764 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
587 residents aged 16 and over
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43%
5,202 residents
Good health34.8%
4,208 residents
Fair health14.5%
1,752 residents
Bad health5.8%
705 residents
Very bad health1.9%
226 residents
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.9%
9,541 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.1%
2,551 residents
Kursaal · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.7%
2,037 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,936 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.7%
1,097 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.7%
429 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
57 households
Kursaal · 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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