Charing, Pluckley & Challock

Ashford · South East · population 8,534 · 6 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,001 of 6,856 in England
  • #864 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 15 in Ashford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,194
Median age (est.)51
Density89per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 21% · Professional 19% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors21%
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Charing, Pluckley & Challock is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,001 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 15 in Ashford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (66) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £507,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 80 sales), 47% above the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,391 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 60 · #2,740
Employment 46 · #3,707
Education 45 · #3,768
Health 66 · #2,363
Crime 49 · #3,515
Housing & access 8 · #6,339
Living environment 20 · #5,482

House prices ?

£507,500median (12m) · -11.0% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£507,50080-11.0%+11.5%
Detached£720,00041+6.7%+13.4%
Semi-detached£435,00022+22.5%+11.4%
Terraced£293,00010-11.2%+12.7%
Flat£210,0007+6.1%
This area£507,500
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)£42,391±£5,925 · #2,737 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,760
Price-to-income ?12.0×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 372 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #1,566 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences173
Theft43
Burglary17
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons28
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 101 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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