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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005125

Sittingbourne East

Sittingbourne East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,549 residents in Swale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,549

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,379

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,110.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.4%

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.

Haverhill East & South, West Suffolk11,154 residents · 57.4% owned · 20.7% no carDaventry South & Southbrook, West Northamptonshire7,180 residents · 51.2% owned · 21.2% no carPatchway, South Gloucestershire7,920 residents · 67.5% owned · 18.0% no carMonkwick, Colchester10,502 residents · 60.7% owned · 17.7% no carBraintree South, Braintree9,832 residents · 58.4% owned · 18.4% no carWest Witham, Braintree5,742 residents · 54.4% owned · 19.7% no car

Most similar within Swale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Minster South, Swale10,856 residents · 69.6% owned · 12.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sittingbourne East

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

Tenure

Owned64.8%
2,188 households
Private rented17.3%
583 households
Social rented16.5%
558 households
Shared ownership1.5%
50 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.6%
1,608 households
Semi-detached30.8%
1,040 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.3%
347 households
Detached9.6%
326 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
43 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.8%
1,414 households
2 cars or vans in household30%
1,014 households
No cars or vans in household18.1%
612 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.1%
341 households
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.2%
1,935 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
794 households
4 or more bedrooms10.6%
360 households
1 bedroom8.6%
292 households
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.8%
2,225 households
One-person household26.2%
884 households
Other household types8%
270 households
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.2%
1,089 households
1 person in household26.1%
884 households
3 people in household17.7%
600 households
4 people in household15.4%
519 households
5 people in household5.5%
186 households
6 people in household2%
67 households
7 people in household0.6%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
1,817 residents
15–2916.7%
1,425 residents
30–4422%
1,884 residents
45–6424.1%
2,064 residents
65 and over15.9%
1,363 residents
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92%
7,863 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
367 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
180 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
87 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
53 residents
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.5%
1,492 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.4%
1,353 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,194 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.6%
971 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
406 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
201 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.8%
4,166 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36%
2,388 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19%
1,259 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.6%
1,165 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
915 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
849 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
649 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.6%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.5%
498 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
490 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
303 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,881 residents
Good health36.2%
3,093 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,177 residents
Bad health3.6%
311 residents
Very bad health1.1%
90 residents
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
7,053 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
1,496 residents
Sittingbourne East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.4%
1,468 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.3%
1,194 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.8%
535 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.3%
179 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sittingbourne 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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