Beaver & Singleton

Ashford · South East · population 10,298 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,927 of 6,856 in England
  • #978 of 1,119 in South East
  • #14 of 15 in Ashford
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,040
Median age (est.)37
Density4,804per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above22%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 22%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 8%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 8%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 42% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 19%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Beaver & Singleton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,927 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 15 in Ashford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (97) but weak on Education (16). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 114 sales), 25% below the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,064 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 25 · #5,119
Employment 28 · #4,927
Education 16 · #5,722
Health 46 · #3,707
Crime 22 · #5,318
Housing & access 25 · #5,167
Living environment 97 · #190

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,000114+3.0%+4.0%
Detached£395,00014+22.7%+3.3%
Semi-detached£287,50032+5.5%+18.6%
Terraced£243,75050-2.1%+10.8%
Flat£145,50018+21.2%+1.9%
This area£260,000
Ashford£345,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£39,064±£5,539 · #3,697 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,946
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 713 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #3,480 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences365
Theft102
Burglary16
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson83
Public order & weapons56
Drugs30
Robbery3
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 128 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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