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Electoral wardE05015406

Moulsecoomb & Bevendean ward, Brighton and Hove

Moulsecoomb & Bevendean is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,894 residents in 5,534 households — 2,460 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and Brighton Pavilion constituencies.

Residents, 202114,894council ward average 12,048
Households5,5342.69 residents per household
Density2,460/ km²about 6.05 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+10.4%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 644
5–94.3% · 642
10–155.6% · 834
16–196.9% · 1,031
20–2423.3% · 3,473
25–3413.0% · 1,932
35–4916.8% · 2,497
50–6415.4% · 2,290
65–745.5% · 815
75–843.5% · 524
85+1.4% · 210

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van38.0% · 2,100
1 car or van40.9% · 2,259
2 cars or vans15.4% · 851
3 or more5.8% · 318
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright17.6% · 976
With mortgage18.4% · 1,018
Shared ownership1.1% · 61
Social rented33.9% · 1,876
Private rented28.4% · 1,573
Lives rent free0.5% · 29

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 223
Semi-detached house40.5% · 2,242
Terraced house26.8% · 1,482
Purpose-built flat21.0% · 1,165
Converted house6.2% · 343
Other conversion0.7% · 41
Above shop / office0.6% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015406
Region
South East
Density rank in council
15 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

CColdean & Stanmer7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned10,114HHanover & Elm Grove7.3% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned16,015HHollingdean & Fiveways11.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned14,658KKemptown15.5% aged 65+ · 33.9% owned12,065PPatcham & Hollingbury19.7% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned14,505PPreston Park12.5% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned17,403QQueen's Park11.3% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned9,959RRegency9.8% aged 65+ · 31.3% owned9,953RRottingdean & West Saltdean29.0% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned10,158RRound Hill7.9% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned8,655WWest Hill & North Laine7.9% aged 65+ · 30.4% owned10,606WWestdene & Hove Park19.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned15,889WWhitehawk & Marina14.6% aged 65+ · 31.0% owned11,989WWoodingdean21.6% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,774

All 23 wards of Brighton and Hove

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.