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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004365

Pier

Pier is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,424 residents in Eastbourne. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,424

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,018

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,111.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

27.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

48.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.8%

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.

Boscombe West, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,376 residents · 28.5% owned · 38.8% no carGravesend Town, Gravesham10,162 residents · 32.9% owned · 42.0% no carCliftonville West, Thanet10,633 residents · 29.0% owned · 49.5% no carKursaal, Southend-on-Sea12,092 residents · 33.2% owned · 39.6% no carFolkestone Harbour, Folkestone and Hythe6,544 residents · 27.1% owned · 50.3% no carCentral Hastings, Hastings6,877 residents · 39.9% owned · 46.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pier

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

Tenure

Private rented58.2%
2,337 households
Owned27.2%
1,094 households
Social rented13.6%
547 households
Shared ownership0.9%
35 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement39.8%
1,601 households
Terraced26.1%
1,049 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits18%
725 households
Semi-detached6.6%
267 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.2%
170 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.1%
125 households
Detached2%
81 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household48.6%
1,953 households
1 car or van in household38.3%
1,540 households
2 cars or vans in household9.6%
385 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
142 households
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom39.6%
1,593 households
2 bedrooms36.2%
1,457 households
4 or more bedrooms12.3%
495 households
3 bedrooms11.8%
475 households
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household46.4%
1,864 households
One-person household43.1%
1,733 households
Other household types10.5%
423 households
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.1%
1,733 households
2 people in household28.4%
1,141 households
3 people in household14.7%
590 households
4 people in household8.8%
353 households
5 people in household2.8%
113 households
6 people in household1.5%
60 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
1,316 residents
15–2923%
1,940 residents
30–4425.7%
2,169 residents
45–6425.2%
2,121 residents
65 and over10.4%
880 residents
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.8%
6,890 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7%
588 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
355 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
299 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
291 residents
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.8%
2,100 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.1%
1,415 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
1,159 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.9%
907 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
837 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
362 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.9%
4,282 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.9%
2,527 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations16.9%
1,189 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,130 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.7%
1,107 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.7%
750 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.3%
651 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
613 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
443 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.3%
376 residents aged 16 and over
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.8%
3,778 residents
Good health34.1%
2,869 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,192 residents
Bad health5.6%
472 residents
Very bad health1.3%
113 residents
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5%
6,694 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.5%
1,730 residents
Pier · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35.4%
1,425 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,398 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.2%
813 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
322 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1.6%
65 households
Pier · 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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