Mile Oak

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 7,311 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,645 of 6,856 in England
  • #814 of 1,119 in South East
  • #20 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,158
Median age (est.)41
Density1,265per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 16%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 14%Other: 15%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 14%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 91%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Mile Oak sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,645 of 6,856 in England, and #20 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (77) and lowest on Education (33). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 88 sales), 14% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,653 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,413
Employment 36 · #4,420
Education 33 · #4,618
Health 47 · #3,631
Crime 68 · #2,178
Housing & access 73 · #1,835
Living environment 77 · #1,595

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,00088+6.7%+15.2%
Detached£390,00015+15.4%+20.0%
Semi-detached£355,00048+2.2%+12.7%
Terraced£343,75024+6.8%+15.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£360,000
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)£40,653±£5,747 · #3,225 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,828
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 446 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #2,932 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences164
Theft185
Burglary8
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons33
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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