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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003498

Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West

Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,547 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
8,547

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,437

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,382.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.0%

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.

Canterbury Barracks, Canterbury9,728 residents · 26.5% owned · 41.2% no carCromwell Road & Broad Street, Salford9,504 residents · 27.0% owned · 47.5% no carTwerton, Bath and North East Somerset5,787 residents · 36.0% owned · 37.3% no carPark Hill & Wybourn, Sheffield12,075 residents · 35.7% owned · 44.9% no carTrefforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf10,431 residents · 44.5% owned · 32.9% no carSomers Town, Portsmouth10,937 residents · 20.5% owned · 52.1% no car

Most similar within Brighton and Hove

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bevendean & Moulsecoomb East, Brighton and Hove7,849 residents · 35.9% owned · 33.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West

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

Tenure

Social rented43.2%
1,484 households
Owned33.5%
1,151 households
Private rented21.7%
745 households
Lives rent free0.9%
30 households
Shared ownership0.8%
27 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement42.5%
1,459 households
Terraced26.4%
906 households
Semi-detached21.9%
753 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.5%
189 households
Detached2.9%
98 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.4%
1,526 households
1 car or van in household40.2%
1,381 households
2 cars or vans in household11.8%
406 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
124 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms31.6%
1,085 households
3 bedrooms30.8%
1,060 households
1 bedroom24.2%
831 households
4 or more bedrooms13.4%
461 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.1%
1,756 households
One-person household33.8%
1,160 households
Other household types15.2%
521 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.8%
1,161 households
2 people in household27.1%
933 households
3 people in household17.8%
613 households
4 people in household13.1%
449 households
5 people in household5.3%
181 households
6 people in household2.2%
77 households
7 people in household0.4%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.9%
1,357 residents
15–2930.8%
2,633 residents
30–4418.5%
1,585 residents
45–6423.1%
1,971 residents
65 and over11.7%
1,000 residents
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White80.5%
6,880 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.4%
548 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.8%
500 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
342 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
279 residents
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29%
2,062 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.8%
1,830 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.7%
1,331 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.8%
770 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
646 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
297 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive46.4%
3,297 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.2%
3,213 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8.3%
593 residents aged 16 and over
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students24.4%
1,734 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.8%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
784 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.8%
769 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.2%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
707 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.4%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.1%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.2%
3,775 residents
Good health33.5%
2,860 residents
Fair health14.3%
1,221 residents
Bad health6.2%
529 residents
Very bad health1.9%
162 residents
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.3%
6,435 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.7%
2,112 residents
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,163 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.3%
1,144 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.3%
767 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.6%
331 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.9%
32 households
Hollingdean & Moulsecoomb West · 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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