Electoral wardE05015401
Goldsmid ward, Brighton and Hove
Goldsmid is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,066 residents in 6,971 households — 10,691 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hove and Portslade constituency.
Residents, 202114,066council ward average 12,048
Households6,9712.02 residents per household
Density10,691/ km²about 1.32 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+15.3%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 594
5–94.2% · 592
10–155.0% · 701
16–193.0% · 416
20–245.8% · 819
25–3419.1% · 2,693
35–4925.1% · 3,527
50–6418.3% · 2,576
65–747.4% · 1,042
75–844.8% · 673
85+3.1% · 433
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.8% · 2,912
1 car or van45.5% · 3,174
2 cars or vans10.7% · 746
3 or more2.0% · 137
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright23.0% · 1,605
With mortgage23.9% · 1,667
Shared ownership1.1% · 74
Social rented8.5% · 589
Private rented43.4% · 3,026
Lives rent free0.1% · 9
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 208
Semi-detached house7.6% · 528
Terraced house9.1% · 637
Purpose-built flat50.6% · 3,532
Converted house27.6% · 1,927
Other conversion1.3% · 94
Above shop / office0.7% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015401- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrunswick & Adelaide9.1% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned9,916CCentral Hove12.8% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned11,110HHangleton & 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.