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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006549

Ferring & Kingston Gorse

Ferring & Kingston Gorse is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,248 residents in Arun. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,248

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,005

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,077.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.0%

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.

Collington, Cooden & Little Common, Rother10,532 residents · 88.1% owned · 10.3% no carBembridge & Nettlestone, Isle of Wight7,326 residents · 80.7% owned · 13.1% no carPreston & Lodmoor, Dorset8,848 residents · 83.2% owned · 13.4% no carFelixstowe East, East Suffolk8,235 residents · 84.2% owned · 13.0% no carEast Blatchington, Lewes9,342 residents · 85.2% owned · 13.1% no carMudeford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,467 residents · 81.4% owned · 12.0% no car

Most similar within Arun

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Aldwick, Arun8,181 residents · 87.8% owned · 11.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ferring & Kingston Gorse

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

Tenure

Owned88.1%
2,646 households
Private rented9.6%
287 households
Social rented2%
60 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached73.2%
2,204 households
Semi-detached15%
450 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.6%
200 households
Terraced2.9%
88 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
24 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.6%
1,373 households
2 cars or vans in household31.4%
946 households
No cars or vans in household11.5%
347 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.4%
343 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.2%
1,118 households
3 bedrooms34.8%
1,047 households
4 or more bedrooms23.8%
716 households
1 bedroom4.2%
127 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.1%
1,959 households
One-person household31%
931 households
Other household types3.9%
118 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household47.8%
1,436 households
1 person in household31%
931 households
3 people in household10.9%
327 households
4 people in household7.5%
225 households
5 people in household2.2%
66 households
6 people in household0.4%
13 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.5%
531 residents
15–299%
565 residents
30–448.9%
555 residents
45–6427.6%
1,727 residents
65 and over45.9%
2,870 residents
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
6,056 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
67 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
62 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
40 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
22 residents
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32%
1,816 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.3%
1,038 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
852 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
847 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
597 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
336 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive58.9%
3,345 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40%
2,275 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
61 residents aged 16 and over
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25%
1,419 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
953 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.8%
840 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
599 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
371 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.2%
350 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
217 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.1%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.1%
2,505 residents
Good health38.5%
2,407 residents
Fair health16.6%
1,035 residents
Bad health4%
253 residents
Very bad health0.8%
48 residents
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
5,015 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,233 residents
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.8%
1,499 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38.3%
1,153 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
312 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
44 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Ferring & Kingston Gorse · 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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