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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005049

Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,932 residents in Dover. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,932

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,188

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

233.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.6%

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 Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

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

Tenure

Owned82.6%
2,634 households
Private rented11.7%
373 households
Social rented5.1%
161 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached56.8%
1,810 households
Semi-detached24.9%
794 households
Terraced10.2%
325 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.3%
138 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2%
65 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,335 households
2 cars or vans in household34.3%
1,095 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.9%
411 households
No cars or vans in household10.9%
347 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.5%
1,196 households
4 or more bedrooms32.9%
1,050 households
2 bedrooms24.2%
771 households
1 bedroom5.4%
171 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.7%
2,092 households
One-person household29.6%
944 households
Other household types4.7%
150 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household45.8%
1,460 households
1 person in household29.6%
945 households
3 people in household11.6%
369 households
4 people in household8.6%
273 households
5 people in household3%
97 households
6 people in household1%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.2%
776 residents
15–299.6%
664 residents
30–4411.6%
802 residents
45–6429.1%
2,020 residents
65 and over38.5%
2,672 residents
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
6,733 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
85 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
77 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
31 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
10 residents
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.6%
2,289 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
977 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.1%
923 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
791 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.8%
537 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
360 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive53.9%
3,282 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.1%
2,749 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
60 residents aged 16 and over
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.8%
1,636 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.7%
895 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14%
856 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
787 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
612 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
388 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.5%
214 residents aged 16 and over
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.6%
3,020 residents
Good health35.7%
2,474 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,048 residents
Bad health4.4%
303 residents
Very bad health1.2%
82 residents
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.7%
5,453 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.3%
1,479 residents
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.8%
1,618 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.5%
1,163 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11%
350 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
55 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · 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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