Brunswick

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 8,222 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,577 of 6,856 in England
  • #938 of 1,119 in South East
  • #27 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,239
Median age (est.)36
Density18,327per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above57%
No car or van61%

Age

0–14 7%15–24 15%25–44 45%45–64 26%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 62%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 7%Private rent 62%

Households

One person: 51%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 5%Other: 14%
One person 51%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 5%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 21% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 84%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 61% · Christian 23% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 31%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Brunswick is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,577 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (72) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £340,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 133 sales), 19% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,861 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 141 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 48 · #3,590
Employment 45 · #3,775
Education 72 · #1,911
Health 38 · #4,276
Crime 6 · #6,476
Housing & access 36 · #4,365
Living environment 5 · #6,531

House prices ?

£340,000median (12m) · -2.9% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£340,000133-2.9%+4.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£545,00021-44.1%+4.8%
Flat£320,000111-1.5%+1.9%
This area£340,000
Brighton and Hove£419,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£42,861±£6,390 · #2,619 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,427
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

141 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,157 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #5,811 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences421
Theft284
Burglary34
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson107
Public order & weapons153
Drugs85
Robbery13
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 322 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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