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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004386

Newhaven Town

Newhaven Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,621 residents in Lewes. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,621

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,987

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,467.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.9%

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.

Marsh Barn & Widewater, Adur5,724 residents · 68.7% owned · 19.8% no carBrightlingsea & Point Clear, Tendring8,908 residents · 74.0% owned · 14.5% no carYeoman Hill & Maun Valley, Mansfield6,090 residents · 72.5% owned · 17.5% no carSleaford East, North Kesteven9,835 residents · 56.5% owned · 24.4% no carKinson East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,499 residents · 66.6% owned · 16.1% no carSt Anthony's Hill, Eastbourne8,995 residents · 68.8% owned · 20.3% no car

Most similar within Lewes

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Peacehaven East, Lewes7,776 residents · 67.4% owned · 19.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Newhaven Town

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

Tenure

Owned68.7%
2,051 households
Private rented22.9%
683 households
Social rented7.8%
232 households
Shared ownership0.4%
13 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached26.3%
785 households
Terraced23.7%
709 households
Detached23%
688 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.5%
462 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.8%
143 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.8%
114 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2%
60 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
27 households
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.1%
1,348 households
2 cars or vans in household24.1%
719 households
No cars or vans in household23.3%
695 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.5%
225 households
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.9%
1,223 households
2 bedrooms36%
1,076 households
4 or more bedrooms12.4%
369 households
1 bedroom10.7%
319 households
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.6%
1,868 households
One-person household32%
955 households
Other household types5.4%
162 households
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.1%
1,108 households
1 person in household32%
955 households
3 people in household15.7%
470 households
4 people in household10.9%
325 households
5 people in household3%
91 households
6 people in household1%
30 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.9%
1,121 residents
15–2914.4%
954 residents
30–4418.4%
1,216 residents
45–6426.2%
1,734 residents
65 and over24.1%
1,597 residents
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.9%
6,216 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
176 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
95 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
68 residents
Other ethnic group1%
68 residents
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.9%
1,404 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.2%
1,044 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.7%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
812 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
672 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
3,076 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.8%
2,267 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
85 residents aged 16 and over
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
1,052 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
799 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.8%
748 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
694 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.2%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.6%
410 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
334 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.2%
2,863 residents
Good health35.2%
2,331 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,002 residents
Bad health4.9%
327 residents
Very bad health1.5%
98 residents
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.1%
5,171 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.9%
1,450 residents
Newhaven Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.5%
1,268 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.1%
1,107 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.7%
470 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.3%
129 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Newhaven Town · 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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