Goldsmid East

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 8,631 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,787 of 6,856 in England
  • #462 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,653
Median age (est.)40
Density10,607per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above58%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 10%25–44 35%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 5%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 38%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 21% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional21%
Managers & directors16%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 85%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 56% · Christian 29% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Goldsmid East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,787 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (92) but weak on Living environment (29). Typical homes here sold for about £347,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 162 sales), 17% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,559 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 65 · #2,411
Employment 65 · #2,411
Education 92 · #519
Health 66 · #2,349
Crime 72 · #1,897
Housing & access 58 · #2,863
Living environment 29 · #4,865

House prices ?

£347,500median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=162
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£347,500162-2.1%+2.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£1,012,5008-12.7%+7.4%
Terraced£970,00017+16.9%+31.5%
Flat£318,000135-2.2%+2.6%
This area£347,500
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)£46,559±£6,651 · #1,723 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,571
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 384 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #1,635 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences150
Theft73
Burglary20
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons52
Drugs23
Robbery4
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 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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