Hamstreet & Isle of Oxney

Ashford · South East · population 6,129 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,912 of 6,856 in England
  • #851 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 15 in Ashford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,962
Median age (est.)50
Density71per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 13%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Hamstreet & Isle of Oxney is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,912 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 15 in Ashford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (70) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 85 sales), 38% above the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,509 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 65 · #2,411
Employment 58 · #2,891
Education 37 · #4,337
Health 70 · #2,075
Crime 70 · #2,055
Housing & access 4 · #6,572
Living environment 16 · #5,763

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +14.5% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,00085+14.5%+19.1%
Detached£593,50042+2.3%-5.8%
Semi-detached£330,00031-5.7%+11.9%
Terraced£315,00012-0.3%+12.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£475,000
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)£42,509±£5,897 · #2,704 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,477
Price-to-income ?11.2×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 219 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #875 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences116
Theft30
Burglary15
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons6
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 40 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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