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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004399

Bexhill East & Pebsham

Bexhill East & Pebsham is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,047 residents in Rother. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,047

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,688

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,864.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.4%

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.

Birchington, Thanet8,864 residents · 82.2% owned · 19.5% no carHigher Brixham, Torbay7,358 residents · 72.4% owned · 18.6% no carAppledore & Northam North, Torridge5,981 residents · 68.9% owned · 18.5% no carHampton, West End & Swalecliffe, Canterbury8,215 residents · 74.6% owned · 17.1% no carDownham Market, King's Lynn and West Norfolk11,348 residents · 66.4% owned · 18.5% no carFrinton West & Kirby, Tendring12,285 residents · 81.2% owned · 16.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bexhill East & Pebsham

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

Tenure

Owned76.1%
2,807 households
Private rented16.9%
625 households
Social rented6.2%
229 households
Shared ownership0.7%
27 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.3%
1,486 households
Semi-detached21.3%
785 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20%
736 households
Terraced12.8%
473 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.8%
139 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
59 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.1%
1,738 households
2 cars or vans in household25.5%
939 households
No cars or vans in household17.6%
649 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.8%
361 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.8%
1,467 households
3 bedrooms37.6%
1,388 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
500 households
1 bedroom9%
333 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.5%
2,195 households
One-person household35.2%
1,297 households
Other household types5.3%
195 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.4%
1,416 households
1 person in household35.2%
1,297 households
3 people in household12.7%
467 households
4 people in household9.2%
339 households
5 people in household3.1%
114 households
6 people in household1.1%
39 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.2%
1,064 residents
15–2913.2%
1,064 residents
30–4413.4%
1,079 residents
45–6425.3%
2,034 residents
65 and over34.9%
2,809 residents
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.7%
7,462 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.2%
260 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
195 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
89 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
47 residents
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.4%
1,691 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.5%
1,560 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,159 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
996 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
495 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive52%
3,599 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)46.6%
3,228 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.6%
1,497 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.9%
1,031 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.1%
560 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.4%
3,088 residents
Good health37%
2,980 residents
Fair health17%
1,365 residents
Bad health6%
484 residents
Very bad health1.7%
133 residents
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.2%
6,056 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.8%
1,993 residents
Bexhill East & Pebsham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.1%
1,553 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38.1%
1,405 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.9%
624 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
105 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Bexhill East & Pebsham · 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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