Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006879

Folkestone Harbour

Folkestone Harbour is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,544 residents in Folkestone and Hythe. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,544

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,545

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,313.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

27.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

50.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Folkestone Harbour

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

Tenure

Private rented57.5%

2,037 households

Owned27.1%

959 households

Social rented14.5%

514 households

Shared ownership0.8%

29 households

Lives rent free0.2%

6 households

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement48.5%

1,717 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits22.1%

782 households

Terraced12.6%

446 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop6%

213 households

Semi-detached5.2%

183 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.6%

129 households

Detached2%

71 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

2 households

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household50.3%

1,783 households

1 car or van in household38.6%

1,368 households

2 cars or vans in household9.4%

332 households

3 or more cars or vans in household1.7%

59 households

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom44.2%

1,566 households

2 bedrooms35.2%

1,248 households

3 bedrooms13.2%

467 households

4 or more bedrooms7.4%

263 households

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household53.7%

1,901 households

Single family household41%

1,453 households

Other household types5.3%

189 households

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household53.7%

1,901 households

2 people in household27.3%

969 households

3 people in household9.7%

343 households

4 people in household5.8%

204 households

5 people in household2.1%

75 households

6 people in household0.8%

27 households

8 or more people in household0.4%

15 households

7 people in household0.3%

9 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%

1,072 residents

15–2919.2%

1,254 residents

30–4421.9%

1,432 residents

45–6426.9%

1,760 residents

65 and over15.6%

1,022 residents

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.3%

5,780 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.1%

267 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%

220 residents

Other ethnic group2.2%

145 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%

132 residents

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.7%

1,553 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications22.6%

1,221 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications15.2%

824 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications13.8%

747 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%

622 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship5.5%

297 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.8%

150 residents aged 16 and over

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.2%

3,094 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive41.2%

2,232 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.6%

85 residents aged 16 and over

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%

920 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%

819 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations14.8%

799 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.4%

728 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.2%

660 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations10%

541 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.4%

345 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%

341 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.8%

261 residents aged 16 and over

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.9%

2,610 residents

Good health34.8%

2,278 residents

Fair health16.7%

1,094 residents

Bad health6.6%

429 residents

Very bad health2%

132 residents

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.6%

4,879 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act25.4%

1,664 residents

Folkestone Harbour · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension34.6%

1,227 households

Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%

1,203 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions21.2%

750 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions8.7%

309 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions1.6%

55 households

Folkestone 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02006879

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Folkestone Harbour

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 Folkestone Harbour

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.