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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003508

Elm Grove & Bear Road

Elm Grove & Bear Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,705 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
8,705

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,405

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,071.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.6%

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.

Heavitree West & Polsloe, Exeter8,295 residents · 52.6% owned · 27.6% no carSouthsea Haslemere Road, Portsmouth8,831 residents · 54.0% owned · 28.8% no carRoath, Cardiff7,516 residents · 46.6% owned · 31.2% no carSouthsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no carHorfield, Bristol, City of7,488 residents · 63.6% owned · 16.7% no carHeworth South & The Groves, York10,108 residents · 43.9% owned · 36.5% no car

Most similar within Brighton and Hove

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hanover, Brighton and Hove8,956 residents · 47.9% owned · 44.1% no carRound Hill, Brighton and Hove8,967 residents · 40.9% owned · 48.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Elm Grove & Bear Road

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

Tenure

Owned56.9%
1,937 households
Private rented37.7%
1,285 households
Social rented4.7%
161 households
Shared ownership0.6%
21 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced63.4%
2,159 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits13%
444 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.7%
399 households
Semi-detached7.5%
254 households
Detached2%
69 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
44 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
33 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49%
1,668 households
No cars or vans in household34.5%
1,174 households
2 cars or vans in household13.8%
471 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.7%
93 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms32%
1,089 households
2 bedrooms31.3%
1,065 households
4 or more bedrooms24.5%
836 households
1 bedroom12.2%
416 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52%
1,772 households
One-person household24.5%
834 households
Other household types23.5%
799 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.1%
1,094 households
1 person in household24.5%
834 households
3 people in household18.9%
643 households
4 people in household17.4%
592 households
5 people in household4.7%
159 households
6 people in household1.9%
65 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
1,123 residents
15–2936.5%
3,176 residents
30–4419.9%
1,734 residents
45–6422.6%
1,968 residents
65 and over8.1%
708 residents
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.8%
7,553 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
474 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4%
347 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
170 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
158 residents
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.6%
3,496 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications30.5%
2,294 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.9%
596 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.7%
505 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.3%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.3%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.6%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.8%
4,115 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.2%
2,565 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student11.1%
830 residents aged 16 and over
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students30%
2,255 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.7%
1,627 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.5%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.5%
490 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.9%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.2%
240 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
229 residents aged 16 and over
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.6%
4,670 residents
Good health33.7%
2,936 residents
Fair health9.6%
835 residents
Bad health2.5%
220 residents
Very bad health0.5%
44 residents
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.4%
7,264 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.6%
1,441 residents
Elm Grove & Bear Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.1%
1,774 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
1,125 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.9%
441 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
65 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Elm Grove & Bear Road · 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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