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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003495

Mile Oak

Mile Oak is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,155 residents in Brighton and Hove. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Brighton and Hove
7,155

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,943

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,264.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.4%

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.

Outwood Gate, Bury7,484 residents · 65.2% owned · 19.0% no carKearsley & Stoneclough, Bolton10,773 residents · 67.7% owned · 19.5% no carNorth Witham, Braintree9,767 residents · 69.3% owned · 16.2% no carCheriton & Horn Street, Folkestone and Hythe10,008 residents · 59.3% owned · 17.8% no carMorley North & Gildersome East, Leeds7,637 residents · 69.8% owned · 20.4% no carRadstock, Bath and North East Somerset6,149 residents · 65.1% owned · 13.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mile Oak

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

Tenure

Owned69.4%
2,042 households
Social rented16.3%
479 households
Private rented13.5%
396 households
Shared ownership0.7%
22 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.3%
1,392 households
Terraced25.7%
757 households
Detached17.2%
507 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.6%
252 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46%
1,356 households
2 cars or vans in household27%
795 households
No cars or vans in household18%
531 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.9%
263 households
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.5%
1,369 households
2 bedrooms36.9%
1,086 households
4 or more bedrooms10.8%
319 households
1 bedroom5.8%
170 households
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69%
2,030 households
One-person household25.3%
744 households
Other household types5.8%
170 households
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.5%
1,017 households
1 person in household25.2%
744 households
3 people in household19.6%
577 households
4 people in household15%
443 households
5 people in household4.1%
120 households
6 people in household1.3%
37 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,324 residents
15–2916%
1,148 residents
30–4420.5%
1,466 residents
45–6427.8%
1,989 residents
65 and over17.2%
1,231 residents
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.3%
6,533 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
205 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%
176 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
165 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
78 residents
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.4%
1,461 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.8%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,047 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
885 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13%
748 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.4%
3,642 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.5%
1,985 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.9%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.6%
840 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
798 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.6%
726 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.5%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.1%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
359 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
320 residents aged 16 and over
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.8%
3,420 residents
Good health35%
2,504 residents
Fair health12.1%
863 residents
Bad health3.9%
278 residents
Very bad health1.3%
90 residents
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
5,869 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,286 residents
Mile Oak · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.6%
1,314 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.3%
1,041 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.5%
456 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
131 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Mile Oak · 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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