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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003520

St James's Street & Queen's Park

St James's Street & Queen's Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,172 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
9,172

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,691

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,148.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

27.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

61.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.0%

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.

Princes Park, Liverpool6,592 residents · 18.4% owned · 50.2% no carPreston Town Centre, Preston10,382 residents · 26.3% owned · 53.3% no carVictoria Park, Plymouth5,350 residents · 31.5% owned · 46.1% no carFairfield West & Newsham Park, Liverpool8,621 residents · 28.0% owned · 54.8% no carCentral Hastings, Hastings6,877 residents · 39.9% owned · 46.8% no carHilldrop, Islington8,682 residents · 22.4% owned · 68.0% no car

Most similar within Brighton and Hove

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kemptown, Brighton and Hove8,078 residents · 36.9% owned · 53.8% no carNorth Laine & the Lanes, Brighton and Hove10,738 residents · 29.9% owned · 66.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St James's Street & Queen's Park

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

Tenure

Private rented41.6%
1,951 households
Social rented29.1%
1,365 households
Owned27.5%
1,288 households
Shared ownership1.2%
56 households
Lives rent free0.7%
31 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement51.2%
2,403 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits22.8%
1,070 households
Terraced16.1%
758 households
Semi-detached3.8%
179 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.5%
119 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.4%
114 households
Detached1%
47 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household61.1%
2,868 households
1 car or van in household32.2%
1,512 households
2 cars or vans in household5.5%
260 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.1%
51 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom44%
2,063 households
2 bedrooms35.4%
1,661 households
3 bedrooms12.7%
595 households
4 or more bedrooms7.9%
373 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household47.1%
2,212 households
Single family household39.8%
1,866 households
Other household types13.1%
614 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household47.2%
2,212 households
2 people in household33.3%
1,562 households
3 people in household9.9%
463 households
4 people in household6.2%
289 households
5 people in household2.2%
102 households
6 people in household1%
46 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.9%
904 residents
15–2931.2%
2,859 residents
30–4423.3%
2,134 residents
45–6425.3%
2,325 residents
65 and over10.4%
951 residents
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White78%
7,152 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.7%
704 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
553 residents
Other ethnic group4.9%
451 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.4%
309 residents
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45%
3,700 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.2%
1,662 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.9%
1,144 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.1%
749 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%
539 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
171 residents aged 16 and over
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56%
4,604 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.4%
3,157 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.7%
465 residents aged 16 and over
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,687 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students17%
1,394 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.1%
1,077 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
864 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
754 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.7%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.7%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.2%
677 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
340 residents aged 16 and over
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.6%
4,181 residents
Good health33.4%
3,064 residents
Fair health13.6%
1,251 residents
Bad health5.6%
517 residents
Very bad health1.7%
158 residents
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.4%
7,005 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.6%
2,166 residents
St James's Street & Queen's Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.7%
1,768 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,602 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.9%
888 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.3%
388 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
45 households
St James's Street & Queen's Park · 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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