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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003315

Cliffe

Cliffe is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,724 residents in Medway. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Medway
5,724

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,225

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

224.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.8%

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.

Bursteads, Basildon6,443 residents · 86.8% owned · 7.8% no carSittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar, Swale8,887 residents · 79.4% owned · 9.1% no carOrsett, Bulphan & Hordon-on-the-Hill, Thurrock6,416 residents · 81.1% owned · 6.2% no carCorringham North & London Gateway, Thurrock7,085 residents · 88.6% owned · 8.3% no carKingsbury & Curdworth, North Warwickshire6,973 residents · 81.2% owned · 7.6% no carEast Goscote & Queniborough, Charnwood7,720 residents · 81.8% owned · 8.9% no car

Most similar within Medway

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cuxton & Halling, Medway6,602 residents · 81.5% owned · 9.5% no carHoo St Werburgh & High Halstow, Medway12,142 residents · 74.6% owned · 9.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cliffe

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

Tenure

Owned82.6%
1,838 households
Private rented8.9%
199 households
Social rented7.6%
169 households
Shared ownership0.9%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.5%
923 households
Detached33.7%
749 households
Terraced20.6%
458 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.3%
74 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
4 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.2%
896 households
1 car or van in household32%
713 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.7%
483 households
No cars or vans in household6.1%
135 households
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.9%
1,066 households
4 or more bedrooms31.2%
695 households
2 bedrooms14.6%
325 households
1 bedroom6.2%
139 households
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.2%
1,650 households
One-person household20.4%
455 households
Other household types5.4%
120 households
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
822 households
1 person in household20.4%
455 households
3 people in household17.9%
398 households
4 people in household16.8%
373 households
5 people in household6.1%
135 households
6 people in household1.4%
32 households
7 people in household0.4%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
950 residents
15–2915.8%
906 residents
30–4418.2%
1,044 residents
45–6428.4%
1,627 residents
65 and over20.9%
1,198 residents
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.1%
5,384 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%
114 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
111 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
79 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
33 residents
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above22.8%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.2%
906 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications18.2%
857 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
794 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
582 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
353 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.2%
2,925 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.5%
1,717 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
60 residents aged 16 and over
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.5%
728 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
527 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.8%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
313 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.4%
303 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
236 residents aged 16 and over
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49%
2,805 residents
Good health35%
2,001 residents
Fair health11.9%
682 residents
Bad health3.2%
183 residents
Very bad health0.9%
53 residents
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6%
4,842 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.4%
882 residents
Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.4%
1,168 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
743 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.2%
271 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
42 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Cliffe · 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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