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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005164

Southborough East & Longfield Road

Southborough East & Longfield Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,925 residents in Tunbridge Wells. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,925

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,740

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,851.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.1%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southborough East & Longfield Road

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

Tenure

Owned62.6%
2,343 households
Social rented18.4%
689 households
Private rented16.3%
610 households
Shared ownership2.6%
98 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.4%
1,512 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.5%
768 households
Detached17.4%
650 households
Terraced16.9%
632 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.7%
140 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.5%
1,738 households
2 cars or vans in household28%
1,046 households
No cars or vans in household17.3%
647 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.3%
310 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37%
1,383 households
2 bedrooms28.2%
1,054 households
4 or more bedrooms19.3%
722 households
1 bedroom15.6%
582 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
2,492 households
One-person household29.5%
1,105 households
Other household types3.9%
145 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.4%
1,212 households
1 person in household29.5%
1,105 households
3 people in household16.8%
628 households
4 people in household15.7%
586 households
5 people in household4.1%
154 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.3%
1,811 residents
15–2915.8%
1,410 residents
30–4423.4%
2,092 residents
45–6425.1%
2,244 residents
65 and over15.3%
1,366 residents
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.5%
7,628 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.5%
757 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
271 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.6%
141 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
129 residents
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.1%
2,674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
1,123 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.2%
1,069 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,060 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
639 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
309 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66%
4,633 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.5%
2,279 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,576 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,159 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
853 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.2%
853 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
783 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
680 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
354 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
4,598 residents
Good health33.7%
3,011 residents
Fair health11%
981 residents
Bad health3%
267 residents
Very bad health0.8%
68 residents
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
7,591 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,334 residents
Southborough East & Longfield Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.3%
1,995 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,175 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
416 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
133 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
22 households
Southborough East & Longfield Road · 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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