PARK STREET, BN2 0AQ House Prices & Local Information

BN2 0AQ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Park Street, 0.4km from Queens Park in Brighton and Hove. Administratively it sits within Queen's Park ward and the Brighton, Kemptown constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, BN2 0AQ is an older retirement area, many residents well beyond working age. By day, the area transitions to a professional home-workers in outer suburbs character: ethnically mixed self-employed professional services, home workers in outer suburbs. A well-settled, later-life community (average age 73) — very low tenant turnover, high ownership, and a quiet residential character. 85% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 2% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 87 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £202k, up 25.6% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for BN2 0AQ are sourced from Output Area E00085534 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.