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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005147

Ramsgate Harbour

Ramsgate Harbour is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,706 residents in Thanet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,706

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,644

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,749.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.7%

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.

Central Hastings, Hastings6,877 residents · 39.9% owned · 46.8% no carHerne Bay Parade, Canterbury7,592 residents · 50.0% owned · 32.8% no carWeston Town, North Somerset10,670 residents · 45.1% owned · 37.2% no carRyde Central, Isle of Wight6,127 residents · 46.3% owned · 38.7% no carPenzance Quay, Cornwall6,562 residents · 46.3% owned · 39.9% no carWeymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell, Dorset9,524 residents · 47.6% owned · 37.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ramsgate Harbour

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

Tenure

Private rented44.9%
2,085 households
Owned38.7%
1,796 households
Social rented16%
742 households
Shared ownership0.4%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement37.3%
1,734 households
Terraced23.5%
1,090 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.5%
814 households
Semi-detached11%
511 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.8%
175 households
Detached3.7%
170 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.7%
127 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
23 households
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.7%
2,077 households
1 car or van in household40.8%
1,893 households
2 cars or vans in household11.6%
541 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.9%
133 households
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.9%
1,669 households
1 bedroom34%
1,578 households
3 bedrooms16.7%
777 households
4 or more bedrooms13.3%
619 households
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.6%
2,305 households
Single family household44.6%
2,071 households
Other household types5.8%
267 households
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.6%
2,305 households
2 people in household28.8%
1,339 households
3 people in household11.9%
551 households
4 people in household6.5%
303 households
5 people in household2.1%
97 households
6 people in household0.8%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.4%
1,344 residents
15–2917.3%
1,508 residents
30–4418.4%
1,606 residents
45–6428.2%
2,458 residents
65 and over20.6%
1,791 residents
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.8%
7,990 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
308 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
212 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
122 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
71 residents
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.7%
2,164 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.7%
1,582 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.8%
1,147 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
960 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
863 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.2%
3,940 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.4%
3,227 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,370 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.9%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.7%
995 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.3%
971 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.8%
857 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.7%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
405 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.2%
3,412 residents
Good health34.9%
3,039 residents
Fair health17.3%
1,509 residents
Bad health6.7%
585 residents
Very bad health1.8%
160 residents
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.6%
6,495 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.4%
2,211 residents
Ramsgate Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.9%
1,759 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,616 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20%
929 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.6%
306 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
34 households
Ramsgate Harbour · 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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