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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006880

Folkestone Central

Folkestone Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,651 residents in Folkestone and Hythe. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,651

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,507

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,354.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.0%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Folkestone Central

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

Tenure

Private rented49.6%
1,739 households
Owned45.8%
1,607 households
Social rented4.4%
155 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits38.8%
1,358 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.5%
1,349 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse6%
211 households
Detached6%
210 households
Terraced4.9%
171 households
Semi-detached4.5%
157 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
41 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.1%
1,687 households
No cars or vans in household35.2%
1,235 households
2 cars or vans in household13.1%
459 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
124 households
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms46%
1,614 households
1 bedroom29.8%
1,043 households
3 bedrooms13%
457 households
4 or more bedrooms11.2%
391 households
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.1%
1,723 households
Single family household44.3%
1,553 households
Other household types6.6%
230 households
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.2%
1,723 households
2 people in household33.8%
1,185 households
3 people in household9.7%
340 households
4 people in household4.7%
163 households
5 people in household1.7%
59 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.5%
764 residents
15–2916.2%
1,074 residents
30–4420.2%
1,345 residents
45–6428.2%
1,878 residents
65 and over23.9%
1,588 residents
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89.5%
5,948 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
253 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.2%
215 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
117 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
115 residents
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36%
2,098 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.1%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
935 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.1%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
532 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.9%
3,378 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.1%
2,399 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
58 residents aged 16 and over
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.9%
1,337 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
723 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
716 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
691 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.7%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.9%
517 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
325 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.4%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.3%
2,682 residents
Good health35.4%
2,355 residents
Fair health16.9%
1,124 residents
Bad health5.9%
391 residents
Very bad health1.4%
96 residents
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76%
5,052 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24%
1,596 residents
Folkestone Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.5%
1,595 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,213 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.6%
546 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
141 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Folkestone Central · 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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