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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005115

Sheerness East

Sheerness East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,707 residents in Swale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,707

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,617

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,875.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

15.8%

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.

Lowestoft Central, East Suffolk9,734 residents · 44.6% owned · 38.3% no carSidney Park, North East Lincolnshire7,152 residents · 44.0% owned · 40.6% no carSouthtown & Cobholm, Great Yarmouth7,155 residents · 45.5% owned · 34.0% no carPark Road, Blackpool7,787 residents · 47.6% owned · 41.8% no carDover West, Dover9,157 residents · 44.3% owned · 36.1% no carFolkestone Foord, Folkestone and Hythe7,656 residents · 49.7% owned · 31.2% no car

Most similar within Swale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis, Swale8,821 residents · 45.4% owned · 33.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sheerness East

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

Tenure

Private rented50.4%
1,318 households
Owned41.5%
1,085 households
Social rented7.6%
200 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced59.8%
1,565 households
Semi-detached13.1%
344 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.7%
228 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.3%
218 households
Detached5.2%
136 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
55 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.4%
36 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
36 households
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.8%
1,145 households
No cars or vans in household33.7%
882 households
2 cars or vans in household16.9%
442 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.6%
146 households
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.9%
1,255 households
2 bedrooms28.3%
743 households
1 bedroom15.2%
399 households
4 or more bedrooms8.5%
224 households
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.3%
1,632 households
One-person household29.9%
783 households
Other household types7.8%
203 households
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household29.9%
783 households
2 people in household28.5%
745 households
3 people in household18.2%
476 households
4 people in household12.8%
336 households
5 people in household6.3%
165 households
6 people in household2.1%
54 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
31 households
7 people in household1.1%
28 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.3%
1,698 residents
15–2920.2%
1,356 residents
30–4421.6%
1,447 residents
45–6422.3%
1,495 residents
65 and over10.6%
709 residents
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.8%
6,287 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
193 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
95 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.2%
78 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
53 residents
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above15.8%
771 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications15.7%
770 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
757 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
253 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
2,819 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
1,999 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.9%
1,072 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.8%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.7%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.9%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.3%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
260 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.6%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.6%
2,858 residents
Good health34.3%
2,302 residents
Fair health16.1%
1,079 residents
Bad health5.5%
369 residents
Very bad health1.5%
99 residents
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.8%
5,149 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.2%
1,558 residents
Sheerness East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.4%
1,006 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.6%
827 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21%
549 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.4%
220 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
17 households
Sheerness 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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