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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005010

Herne Bay Parade

Herne Bay Parade is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,592 residents in Canterbury. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,592

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,670

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,876.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.8%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Herne Bay Parade

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

Tenure

Owned50%
1,836 households
Private rented39.9%
1,466 households
Social rented9.2%
339 households
Shared ownership0.8%
28 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28.2%
1,036 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits23.8%
872 households
Detached15%
551 households
Terraced13.6%
498 households
Semi-detached12%
441 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.4%
160 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.9%
107 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
1,572 households
No cars or vans in household32.8%
1,205 households
2 cars or vans in household18.4%
674 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
221 households
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom31.7%
1,165 households
2 bedrooms31.1%
1,143 households
3 bedrooms19.6%
719 households
4 or more bedrooms17.6%
645 households
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.7%
1,823 households
One-person household45.3%
1,663 households
Other household types5%
185 households
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household45.3%
1,663 households
2 people in household29.4%
1,080 households
3 people in household12.1%
446 households
4 people in household8.6%
317 households
5 people in household3.1%
113 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.5%
1,177 residents
15–2916.7%
1,267 residents
30–4418.2%
1,381 residents
45–6426.5%
2,016 residents
65 and over23.1%
1,756 residents
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.7%
7,106 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
185 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
160 residents
Other ethnic group1%
77 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
59 residents
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.8%
1,698 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.5%
1,303 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,076 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
974 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
757 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
346 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
3,471 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.5%
2,760 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.3%
1,225 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.5%
982 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
838 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.9%
753 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.7%
614 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
337 residents aged 16 and over
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.8%
3,174 residents
Good health34.5%
2,621 residents
Fair health16.1%
1,224 residents
Bad health5.9%
445 residents
Very bad health1.7%
129 residents
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.6%
5,736 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.4%
1,856 residents
Herne Bay Parade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.9%
1,429 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,368 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.4%
640 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.8%
212 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
23 households
Herne Bay Parade · 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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