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Electoral wardE05015403

Hanover & Elm Grove ward, Brighton and Hove

Hanover & Elm Grove is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,015 residents in 6,571 households — 11,363 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and Brighton Pavilion constituencies.

Residents, 202116,015council ward average 12,048
Households6,5712.44 residents per household
Density11,363/ km²about 1.41 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+7.3%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 735
5–94.1% · 664
10–154.9% · 792
16–195.9% · 947
20–2420.5% · 3,283
25–3415.9% · 2,554
35–4921.1% · 3,374
50–6415.6% · 2,501
65–744.7% · 750
75–841.9% · 312
85+0.7% · 111

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van42.4% · 2,786
1 car or van45.4% · 2,981
2 cars or vans10.3% · 675
3 or more2.0% · 129
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.

Owned outright19.4% · 1,272
With mortgage28.8% · 1,891
Shared ownership1.3% · 86
Social rented13.8% · 904
Private rented36.6% · 2,405
Lives rent free0.1% · 9

Type of home

Detached house0.9% · 62
Semi-detached house9.1% · 599
Terraced house51.1% · 3,355
Purpose-built flat17.1% · 1,124
Converted house18.1% · 1,191
Other conversion2.5% · 164
Above shop / office1.1% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.