Washford & Stanhope

Ashford · South East · population 9,384 · 5 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,743 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,059 of 1,119 in South East
  • #15 of 15 in Ashford
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,251
Median age (est.)34
Density5,079per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 13%25–44 29%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 28%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 15%Other: 15%
One person 23%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 15%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 81%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 38% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Washford & Stanhope is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,743 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 15 in Ashford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Education (6). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 90 sales), 16% below the wider Ashford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,096 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 15 · #5,804
Employment 22 · #5,324
Education 6 · #6,428
Health 34 · #4,557
Crime 12 · #6,024
Housing & access 25 · #5,139
Living environment 99 · #80

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,00090+5.5%+16.0%
Detached£450,00023-6.4%+25.0%
Semi-detached£288,75034+5.0%+10.0%
Terraced£261,00026+2.8%+24.0%
Flat£155,00070.0%
This area£290,000
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)£39,096±£5,641 · #3,688 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,955
Price-to-income ?7.4×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 ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 534 offences
Ashford66
South East71
England83

Rank #2,633 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences309
Theft50
Burglary16
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons26
Drugs26
Robbery1
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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