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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003515

Whitehawk

Whitehawk is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,089 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
9,089

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,703

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,497.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.6%

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.

West Howe, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole7,494 residents · 42.3% owned · 25.5% no carBrinnington, Stockport7,960 residents · 33.6% owned · 46.4% no carSeacroft North & Monkswood, Leeds5,973 residents · 33.8% owned · 46.8% no carWeston Bournville, North Somerset7,866 residents · 34.8% owned · 35.7% no carLittle Layton & Little Carleton, Blackpool6,079 residents · 32.9% owned · 48.8% no carTurves Green, Birmingham9,128 residents · 35.6% owned · 40.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whitehawk

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

Tenure

Social rented62.1%
2,299 households
Owned25.2%
935 households
Private rented10.7%
395 households
Shared ownership1.4%
53 households
Lives rent free0.6%
21 households
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.2%
1,413 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement36.5%
1,351 households
Terraced19%
704 households
Detached4.6%
170 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
48 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.2%
1,636 households
1 car or van in household40.8%
1,510 households
2 cars or vans in household12.2%
453 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.8%
104 households
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.6%
1,391 households
2 bedrooms34.5%
1,279 households
1 bedroom17.8%
659 households
4 or more bedrooms10.1%
374 households
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57%
2,110 households
One-person household32.1%
1,188 households
Other household types11%
407 households
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32.1%
1,188 households
2 people in household27.5%
1,020 households
3 people in household18%
668 households
4 people in household13.4%
496 households
5 people in household6%
222 households
6 people in household1.9%
71 households
7 people in household0.7%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,729 residents
15–2920.6%
1,876 residents
30–4420.7%
1,878 residents
45–6427%
2,452 residents
65 and over12.7%
1,152 residents
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84%
7,639 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
488 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
379 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
316 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
270 residents
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.8%
2,014 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.6%
1,713 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
1,048 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
988 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.1%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
349 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.9%
3,767 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.1%
3,340 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations15.8%
1,146 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.5%
1,127 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.2%
1,100 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.3%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
386 residents aged 16 and over
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.9%
3,628 residents
Good health32.4%
2,947 residents
Fair health17.6%
1,598 residents
Bad health7.3%
667 residents
Very bad health2.7%
249 residents
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act71.4%
6,486 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act28.6%
2,603 residents
Whitehawk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,228 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28%
1,036 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions26.1%
967 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions11.8%
435 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
36 households
Whitehawk · 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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