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Electoral wardE05015399
Central Hove ward, Brighton and Hove
Central Hove is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,110 residents in 6,206 households — 12,883 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hove and Portslade constituency.
Residents, 202111,110council ward average 12,048
Households6,2061.79 residents per household
Density12,883/ km²about 0.86 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+12.8%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 10.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 413
5–93.4% · 375
10–153.5% · 390
16–191.9% · 211
20–246.9% · 765
25–3423.3% · 2,591
35–4926.0% · 2,894
50–6418.5% · 2,054
65–746.6% · 732
75–844.1% · 450
85+2.1% · 236
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van47.9% · 2,972
1 car or van43.6% · 2,704
2 cars or vans7.5% · 467
3 or more1.0% · 62
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright17.7% · 1,102
With mortgage21.3% · 1,323
Shared ownership0.7% · 44
Social rented6.0% · 371
Private rented54.2% · 3,368
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house1.4% · 88
Semi-detached house2.2% · 134
Terraced house7.1% · 443
Purpose-built flat37.2% · 2,305
Converted house47.7% · 2,960
Other conversion2.1% · 129
Above shop / office2.3% · 142
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015399- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 23
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrunswick & Adelaide9.1% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned9,916GGoldsmid15.3% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned14,066HHangleton & Knoll17.4% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned15,228NNorth Portslade16.3% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned10,127SSouth Portslade15.1% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned9,897WWestbourne & Poets' Corner14.5% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned10,194WWestdene & Hove Park19.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned15,889WWish16.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,920
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.