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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003521

Kemptown

Kemptown is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,078 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
8,078

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,341

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,571.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

53.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.0%

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.

Central Hastings, Hastings6,877 residents · 39.9% owned · 46.8% no carSouthsea West, Portsmouth6,748 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.5% no carPrinces Park, Liverpool6,592 residents · 18.4% owned · 50.2% no carMossley Hill West & Sefton Park, Liverpool8,644 residents · 44.8% owned · 34.8% no carMoseley Village, Birmingham8,651 residents · 43.4% owned · 36.2% no carWorthing Central, Worthing10,186 residents · 43.2% owned · 41.8% no car

Most similar within Brighton and Hove

The closest matches in the same local authority.

St James's Street & Queen's Park, Brighton and Hove9,172 residents · 27.5% owned · 61.1% no carKing Alfred, Brighton and Hove7,576 residents · 46.0% owned · 43.0% no carRoedean & Marina, Brighton and Hove7,806 residents · 41.7% owned · 40.5% no carGoldsmid West, Brighton and Hove8,890 residents · 38.9% owned · 45.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kemptown

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

Tenure

Private rented40.9%
1,775 households
Owned36.9%
1,602 households
Social rented21.4%
929 households
Shared ownership0.5%
20 households
Lives rent free0.3%
15 households
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement40.7%
1,768 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits33.1%
1,439 households
Terraced17.7%
769 households
Semi-detached3.1%
134 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.9%
125 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
70 households
Detached0.8%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household53.8%
2,334 households
1 car or van in household38.1%
1,653 households
2 cars or vans in household7.2%
311 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1%
43 households
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom44.2%
1,919 households
2 bedrooms34.4%
1,495 households
3 bedrooms13.3%
577 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
350 households
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household50%
2,169 households
Single family household39.5%
1,716 households
Other household types10.5%
456 households
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household50%
2,169 households
2 people in household34.2%
1,486 households
3 people in household9.1%
396 households
4 people in household4.8%
210 households
5 people in household1.2%
51 households
6 people in household0.4%
17 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.6%
692 residents
15–2924.3%
1,961 residents
30–4421.9%
1,769 residents
45–6428.8%
2,329 residents
65 and over16.4%
1,323 residents
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.3%
6,967 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5%
404 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.5%
365 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
173 residents
Other ethnic group2.1%
168 residents
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52%
3,784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.2%
818 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.9%
797 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.6%
408 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
152 residents aged 16 and over
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
4,313 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.5%
2,729 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
1,873 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
1,192 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.1%
881 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.6%
848 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
606 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.1%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.1%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.3%
3,819 residents
Good health31.8%
2,573 residents
Fair health13.3%
1,074 residents
Bad health5.5%
448 residents
Very bad health2%
165 residents
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78%
6,304 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22%
1,773 residents
Kemptown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.7%
1,942 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.1%
1,436 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.8%
687 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
248 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
28 households
Kemptown · 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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