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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005124

Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis

Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,821 residents in Swale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,821

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,800

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,060.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.8%

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.

Kidderminster Town, Wyre Forest8,382 residents · 43.2% owned · 30.2% no carDover West, Dover9,157 residents · 44.3% owned · 36.1% no carNuneaton Town Centre, Nuneaton and Bedworth9,145 residents · 45.4% owned · 36.3% no carRushden East, North Northamptonshire9,357 residents · 50.9% owned · 23.8% no carSouthtown & Cobholm, Great Yarmouth7,155 residents · 45.5% owned · 34.0% no carMile Cross, Norwich11,202 residents · 34.2% owned · 32.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis

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

Tenure

Owned45.4%
1,725 households
Private rented29.9%
1,138 households
Social rented23.7%
900 households
Shared ownership0.9%
35 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.4%
1,536 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.3%
1,038 households
Semi-detached21%
798 households
Detached4.3%
163 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.6%
136 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.6%
97 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,637 households
No cars or vans in household33.5%
1,272 households
2 cars or vans in household17.7%
674 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
217 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.3%
1,494 households
2 bedrooms30.6%
1,163 households
1 bedroom23.5%
893 households
4 or more bedrooms6.6%
249 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.3%
2,104 households
One-person household36.9%
1,403 households
Other household types7.8%
296 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.9%
1,403 households
2 people in household27.3%
1,036 households
3 people in household15.5%
590 households
4 people in household12.2%
463 households
5 people in household5.1%
192 households
6 people in household2%
77 households
7 people in household0.6%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,723 residents
15–2919.8%
1,748 residents
30–4421.6%
1,909 residents
45–6423.3%
2,054 residents
65 and over15.7%
1,384 residents
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.7%
8,086 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.1%
273 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%
192 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
179 residents
Other ethnic group1%
91 residents
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.5%
1,926 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.8%
1,316 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
1,074 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.1%
1,055 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.5%
944 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
426 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
4,114 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.3%
2,752 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.8%
1,523 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.6%
1,024 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.8%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
646 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%
481 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.2%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
366 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.2%
3,638 residents
Good health36.8%
3,242 residents
Fair health14.9%
1,313 residents
Bad health5.4%
474 residents
Very bad health1.7%
154 residents
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.3%
6,907 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.7%
1,914 residents
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
1,396 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.1%
1,295 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.7%
825 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.1%
268 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis · 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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