Electoral wardE05015405
Kemptown ward, Brighton and Hove
Kemptown is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,065 residents in 6,705 households — 9,800 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency.
Residents, 202112,065council ward average 12,048
Households6,7051.8 residents per household
Density9,800/ km²about 1.23 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+15.5%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 8.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.4% · 292
5–92.0% · 237
10–153.8% · 453
16–194.0% · 485
20–2410.7% · 1,294
25–3420.4% · 2,462
35–4920.1% · 2,421
50–6421.2% · 2,554
65–748.7% · 1,045
75–844.5% · 547
85+2.3% · 275
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van57.0% · 3,820
1 car or van35.5% · 2,378
2 cars or vans6.5% · 439
3 or more1.0% · 69
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright18.7% · 1,254
With mortgage15.2% · 1,021
Shared ownership0.6% · 41
Social rented18.9% · 1,267
Private rented46.3% · 3,105
Lives rent free0.3% · 18
Type of home
Detached house1.3% · 86
Semi-detached house2.5% · 167
Terraced house12.0% · 803
Purpose-built flat43.6% · 2,926
Converted house34.6% · 2,321
Other conversion3.6% · 242
Above shop / office2.3% · 155
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015405- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
CColdean & Stanmer7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned10,114HHanover & Elm Grove7.3% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned16,015MMoulsecoomb & Bevendean10.4% aged 65+ · 36.0% owned14,894QQueen's Park11.3% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned9,959RRottingdean & West Saltdean29.0% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned10,158WWhitehawk & Marina14.6% aged 65+ · 31.0% owned11,989WWoodingdean21.6% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,774
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.