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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005112

Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland

Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,056 residents in Folkestone and Hythe. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,056

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,116

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.5%

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.

Alford, Withern & Willoughby, East Lindsey8,841 residents · 70.5% owned · 11.4% no carSpilsby & Burgh le Marsh, East Lindsey8,174 residents · 68.6% owned · 13.9% no carMundesley, Trunch & Bacton, North Norfolk6,663 residents · 71.7% owned · 12.3% no carWainfleet All Saints, East Lindsey5,556 residents · 65.7% owned · 13.0% no carLong Sutton East & Sutton Bridge, South Holland9,986 residents · 66.7% owned · 13.2% no carHoveton, Horning & Potter Heigham, North Norfolk8,604 residents · 75.2% owned · 10.7% no car

Most similar within Folkestone and Hythe

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Lydd & Dungeness, Folkestone and Hythe6,340 residents · 73.5% owned · 12.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland

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

Tenure

Owned76.9%
2,395 households
Private rented11.9%
370 households
Social rented10.7%
334 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.4%
1,349 households
Semi-detached42.5%
1,321 households
Terraced7.8%
244 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.9%
90 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
32 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
16 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41%
1,278 households
2 cars or vans in household30%
935 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.5%
513 households
No cars or vans in household12.6%
392 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.3%
1,317 households
2 bedrooms30.7%
958 households
4 or more bedrooms22.2%
693 households
1 bedroom4.7%
148 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.7%
2,015 households
One-person household29%
904 households
Other household types6.3%
197 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43%
1,340 households
1 person in household29%
904 households
3 people in household12.8%
399 households
4 people in household9.3%
290 households
5 people in household3.7%
115 households
6 people in household1.6%
49 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.9%
841 residents
15–2911.8%
836 residents
30–4412.6%
892 residents
45–6430.3%
2,140 residents
65 and over33.3%
2,346 residents
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
6,891 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
91 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
49 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
16 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
9 residents
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.4%
1,501 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.5%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
986 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
906 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.9%
796 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
467 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.8%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive52.1%
3,204 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)46.7%
2,873 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.4%
1,068 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
902 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.5%
892 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.2%
813 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.8%
724 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
613 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
234 residents aged 16 and over
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health36.5%
2,576 residents
Good health35.8%
2,527 residents
Fair health19.1%
1,347 residents
Bad health6.8%
478 residents
Very bad health1.8%
128 residents
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.5%
5,259 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.5%
1,797 residents
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.8%
1,241 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%
1,165 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.3%
571 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
136 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland · 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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