Godinton, Repton & Orchard Heights

Ashford · South East · population 9,017 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,691 of 6,856 in England
  • #443 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 15 in Ashford
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,843
Median age (est.)35
Density3,270per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above34%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 47%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 47%Social rent 8%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 23%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 11%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 78%Asian 11%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 41% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Godinton, Repton & Orchard Heights is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,691 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 15 in Ashford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (93) and lowest on Housing & access (50). Typical homes here sold for about £317,500 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 116 sales), 8% below the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,539 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 58 · #2,891
Employment 70 · #2,020
Education 69 · #2,116
Health 65 · #2,397
Crime 54 · #3,151
Housing & access 50 · #3,391
Living environment 93 · #478

House prices ?

£317,500median (12m) · +5.8% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£317,500116+5.8%+19.8%
Detached£465,00021+5.4%+16.5%
Semi-detached£342,00038+8.1%+18.3%
Terraced£297,50030+3.9%+13.3%
Flat£182,50027-1.4%+1.4%
This area£317,500
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)£47,539±£6,667 · #1,539 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,910
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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 520 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #2,692 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences231
Theft100
Burglary17
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons28
Drugs28
Robbery3
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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