Brabourne Lees & North Romney

Ashford · South East · population 10,907 · 6 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,911 of 6,856 in England
  • #697 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 15 in Ashford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,399
Median age (est.)42
Density108per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 8%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 21%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Brabourne Lees & North Romney is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,911 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 15 in Ashford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (72) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 189 sales), 13% above the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,584 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,260
Employment 72 · #1,897
Education 64 · #2,493
Health 71 · #2,013
Crime 62 · #2,610
Housing & access 7 · #6,346
Living environment 41 · #4,029

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=189
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,000189+0.6%+13.0%
Detached£495,00086-1.0%+6.5%
Semi-detached£369,00054-1.3%+14.2%
Terraced£300,00036-2.4%+12.6%
Flat£200,000130.0%+11.1%
This area£390,000
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)£50,584±£7,053 · #959 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,044
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 466 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #1,485 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences235
Theft100
Burglary17
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons18
Drugs15
Robbery6
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 59 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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