Housing in BN1 9BJ
What the homes in BN1 9BJ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Coldean & Moulsecoomb North
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 5,183 (2024)
BN1 9BJBrighton
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (64.9%). Flats make up 14%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
52.8% of households in the BN1 9BJ area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 24.8% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 27.3% own outright and 25.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned52.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented24.8%20.5%
- Social rented20.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free1.5%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.7 people living in it. 25.8% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (22.6%). 20.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Brighton and Hove
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Brighton and Hove (August 2026, −1.2% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around BN1 9BJ (Coldean & Moulsecoomb North) (about 5,183 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.