Tenterden & Rolvenden

Ashford · South East · population 8,804 · 6 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,918 of 6,856 in England
  • #698 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 15 in Ashford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,769
Median age (est.)55
Density167per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 27%65+ 35%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 13%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 9%Other: 23%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 9%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 18% · Professional 17% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors18%
Professional17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Other 1%

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

Tenterden & Rolvenden is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,918 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 15 in Ashford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (71) and lowest on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here sold for about £430,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 139 sales), 25% above the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,911 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 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 61 · #2,699
Employment 58 · #2,884
Education 38 · #4,228
Health 71 · #1,979
Crime 65 · #2,384
Housing & access 19 · #5,557
Living environment 61 · #2,699

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=139
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,000139+2.4%+8.0%
Detached£580,00065-6.8%+22.1%
Semi-detached£400,00031-2.4%+7.8%
Terraced£340,00027-2.9%+11.5%
Flat£282,80216-8.0%+2.8%
This area£430,000
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)£39,911±£5,628 · #3,455 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,946
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 504 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #2,650 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences227
Theft108
Burglary17
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons33
Drugs15
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 114 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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