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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005166

High Brooms & Sherwood

High Brooms & Sherwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,913 residents in Tunbridge Wells. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,913

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,801

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,800

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.6%

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.

Kingston & Southwick, Adur10,534 residents · 57.0% owned · 24.6% no carHighfield, Dacorum7,934 residents · 40.2% owned · 25.0% no carBromsgrove Charford, Bromsgrove8,024 residents · 55.7% owned · 20.4% no carHenbury & Brentry, Bristol, City of12,095 residents · 51.5% owned · 23.7% no carMaybush, Southampton8,703 residents · 53.5% owned · 21.7% no carBocking, Braintree7,451 residents · 51.4% owned · 22.1% no car

Most similar within Tunbridge Wells

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ramslye & Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells6,200 residents · 50.0% owned · 22.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in High Brooms & Sherwood

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

Tenure

Owned46.3%
1,297 households
Social rented39.1%
1,095 households
Private rented12.5%
351 households
Shared ownership2.1%
58 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached33%
924 households
Terraced28.5%
799 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement24.4%
683 households
Detached11.1%
312 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
65 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
1,221 households
2 cars or vans in household25.5%
714 households
No cars or vans in household23.1%
646 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.9%
220 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.3%
989 households
2 bedrooms31.8%
890 households
1 bedroom18%
505 households
4 or more bedrooms14.9%
417 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
1,788 households
One-person household30.4%
852 households
Other household types5.7%
161 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.4%
852 households
2 people in household29.7%
832 households
3 people in household17.5%
490 households
4 people in household13.6%
382 households
5 people in household6%
167 households
6 people in household1.9%
53 households
7 people in household0.5%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
1,468 residents
15–2917.3%
1,194 residents
30–4422.6%
1,564 residents
45–6425.3%
1,750 residents
65 and over13.5%
935 residents
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.8%
6,065 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.9%
474 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
172 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.6%
110 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
90 residents
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.6%
1,531 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.5%
1,150 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
828 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.2%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.7%
679 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
155 residents aged 16 and over
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
3,326 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.1%
1,934 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
96 residents aged 16 and over
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.5%
935 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.4%
773 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.1%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
638 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.1%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
316 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
296 residents aged 16 and over
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.1%
3,257 residents
Good health33.8%
2,334 residents
Fair health13.1%
908 residents
Bad health4.7%
324 residents
Very bad health1.3%
90 residents
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
5,551 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,362 residents
High Brooms & Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.9%
1,173 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
945 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.6%
520 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.6%
156 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
High Brooms & Sherwood · 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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