Housing in BN3 1TG
What the homes in BN3 1TG are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Goldsmid East
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,852 (2024)
BN3 1TGHove
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (44.3%). Flats make up 80%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
47.5% of households in the BN3 1TG area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 42.5% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 21.2% own outright and 26.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned47.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership3.2%1%
- Private rented42.5%20.5%
- Social rented6.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 39.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (26.9%). 18.4% 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 BN3 1TG (Goldsmid East) (about 1,852 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.