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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005052

Dover East

Dover East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,352 residents in Dover. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,352

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,726

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

677.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

42.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.5%

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.

Town, South Lynn & West Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk10,886 residents · 39.0% owned · 36.5% no carHarwich Town & Dovercourt, Tendring6,418 residents · 50.5% owned · 32.0% no carBarnstaple Central, North Devon6,272 residents · 43.5% owned · 37.6% no carIlfracombe East, North Devon5,146 residents · 52.8% owned · 30.0% no carHereford Central, Herefordshire, County of9,767 residents · 40.7% owned · 33.4% no carTiverton West, Mid Devon6,252 residents · 50.5% owned · 28.7% no car

Most similar within Dover

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Dover West, Dover9,157 residents · 44.3% owned · 36.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dover East

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

Tenure

Owned42.6%
1,589 households
Private rented39.5%
1,471 households
Social rented17.3%
644 households
Shared ownership0.3%
12 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement34.7%
1,291 households
Terraced29.5%
1,099 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11.9%
444 households
Semi-detached10.1%
375 households
Detached7.9%
294 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.6%
135 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
85 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,674 households
No cars or vans in household35.4%
1,320 households
2 cars or vans in household15.1%
561 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.6%
170 households
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.4%
1,392 households
1 bedroom25.9%
965 households
3 bedrooms23.8%
885 households
4 or more bedrooms13%
483 households
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.2%
1,908 households
One-person household42.3%
1,577 households
Other household types6.4%
239 households
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.4%
1,578 households
2 people in household30%
1,116 households
3 people in household13.6%
506 households
4 people in household8.7%
324 households
5 people in household3.5%
129 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.5%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.6%
1,471 residents
15–2918.5%
1,548 residents
30–4420.3%
1,692 residents
45–6424.8%
2,074 residents
65 and over18.8%
1,570 residents
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.8%
6,911 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.4%
784 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
258 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.5%
207 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
191 residents
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.5%
1,585 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22%
1,485 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,148 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.2%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
801 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
398 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
232 residents aged 16 and over
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.4%
3,668 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.1%
2,975 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
1,281 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16%
1,077 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15%
1,012 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
770 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.9%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.6%
3,637 residents
Good health34.7%
2,897 residents
Fair health14.6%
1,220 residents
Bad health5.8%
483 residents
Very bad health1.4%
114 residents
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.3%
6,541 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.7%
1,810 residents
Dover East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.9%
1,412 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.5%
1,359 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.2%
715 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
213 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
26 households
Dover East · 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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