Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006625

Broadwater East

Broadwater East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,051 residents in Worthing. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,051

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,305

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,840.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Broadwater East

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

Tenure

Owned74.2%

2,451 households

Private rented20.3%

672 households

Social rented4.7%

155 households

Shared ownership0.8%

27 households

Lives rent free0%

0 households

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.5%

1,470 households

Semi-detached23.1%

763 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.2%

470 households

Detached9.5%

313 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.6%

217 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%

40 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%

30 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

1 households

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.9%

1,418 households

2 cars or vans in household30.6%

1,011 households

No cars or vans in household17.9%

591 households

3 or more cars or vans in household8.7%

286 households

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.4%

1,667 households

2 bedrooms18.4%

607 households

4 or more bedrooms15.8%

524 households

1 bedroom15.4%

508 households

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.8%

2,175 households

One-person household27.9%

924 households

Other household types6.3%

208 households

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.8%

1,020 households

1 person in household27.9%

924 households

3 people in household18.6%

616 households

4 people in household17%

561 households

5 people in household4.1%

135 households

6 people in household1.1%

36 households

7 people in household0.4%

12 households

8 or more people in household0.1%

4 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%

1,514 residents

15–2916.6%

1,338 residents

30–4420.9%

1,686 residents

45–6428.9%

2,328 residents

65 and over14.8%

1,189 residents

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.4%

7,356 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.1%

328 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%

193 residents

Other ethnic group1.1%

89 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%

81 residents

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.6%

2,036 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications19.3%

1,245 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications16.4%

1,055 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications14.1%

908 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%

707 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship5.1%

328 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.6%

166 residents aged 16 and over

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.5%

4,415 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive29.5%

1,900 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student2%

130 residents aged 16 and over

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%

1,484 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations14.5%

933 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations13%

837 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.1%

777 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.9%

767 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations9.4%

604 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%

363 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students5.6%

362 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%

318 residents aged 16 and over

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.2%

3,878 residents

Good health36.3%

2,926 residents

Fair health12%

964 residents

Bad health2.8%

226 residents

Very bad health0.7%

58 residents

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%

6,775 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%

1,277 residents

Broadwater East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.1%

1,690 households

Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%

1,127 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions12.2%

403 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%

73 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%

13 households

Broadwater 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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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02006625

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Broadwater East

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Broadwater East

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.