If you are thinking of moving to Brightling or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Brightling to figures for East Sussex and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Brightling is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Brightling Age Distribution Statistics
The population of Brightling as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of Brightling is also older than the average, making Brightling a older persons location.
| Age | Rother | England |
|---|---|---|
| Age 0 to 4 | 4.4% | 6.3% |
| Age 5 to 9 | 4.5% | 5.6% |
| Age 10 to14 | 5.7% | 5.8% |
| Age 15 to 17 | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Age 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.4% |
| Age 25 to 29 | 3.7% | 6.9% |
| Age 30 to 44 | 14.4% | 20.6% |
| Age 45 to 59 | 20.5% | 19.4% |
| Age 60 to 64 | 8.8% | 6% |
| Age 65 to 74 | 13.5% | 8.6% |
| Age 75 to 84 | 9.8% | 5.5% |
| Age 85 and over | 5.1% | 2.3% |
| Mean Age | 47.2 | 39.3 |
| Median Age | 50 | 39 |
Brightling Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
| Tenure | Rother | England |
|---|---|---|
| Owned | 45.4% | 30.6% |
| Mortgage | 28.1% | 32.8% |
| Shared | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Social Rented (Council) | 1.7% | 9.4% |
| Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| Private Rented | 12.7% | 15.4% |
| Other | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Rent Free | 1.5% | 1.3% |
Brightling General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Brightling. The percentage of residents in Brightling rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Brightling rating their health as 'very bad' is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Brightling is generally worse than in the average person in England.
| Health | Rother | England |
|---|---|---|
| Very Good | 40.55% | 47.17% |
| Good | 36.60% | 34.22% |
| Fair | 16.51% | 13.12% |
| Bad | 4.93% | 4.25% |
| Very Bad | 1.41% | 1.25% |
Brightling Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner.
| Grade | Rother | England |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 22.37% | 22.96% |
| C1 | 32.31% | 30.92% |
| C2 | 24.04% | 20.64% |
| DE | 21.28% | 25.49% |
Brightling Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment. Brightling is in the local authority with the lowest number of Universal Credit claimants in the area.
These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in Brightling are dated . They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area.The rate of unemployment in Brightling is both lower than the average for East Sussex and lower than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe easier than most places.
| Benefit | Rother | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.4% |
| Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 12.9% | 12.9% | 13.5% |
Brightling Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Brightling are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Brightling has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
| Country | Rother | England |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 93.6% | 86.2% |
| Rebublic of Ireland | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Other EU Countries | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Outside the EU | 3.9% | 9.4% |
Brightling Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Brightling and are from the UK Census of 2011. Brightling has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average.
| Qualification | Rother | England |
|---|---|---|
| No Qualifications | 24.7% | 22.5% |
| Level 1 | 13.8% | 13.3% |
| Level 2 | 16.5% | 15.2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Level 3 | 11.2% | 12.4% |
| Level 4 | 25.5% | 27.4% |
| Other | 4.6% | 5.7% |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.
