Beltinge & Bishopstone

Canterbury · South East · population 7,507 · 4 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,993 of 6,856 in England
  • #513 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 19 in Canterbury
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,482
Median age (est.)57
Density852per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 15%45–64 28%65+ 37%

Tenure

Own outright: 56%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 56%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 5%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 6%Other: 27%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 6%Other 27%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Beltinge & Bishopstone is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,993 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 19 in Canterbury. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Housing & access (32). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 140 sales), in line with the wider Canterbury median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,588 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 72 · #1,917
Employment 57 · #2,953
Education 54 · #3,117
Health 62 · #2,617
Crime 76 · #1,623
Housing & access 32 · #4,666
Living environment 93 · #451

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=140
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000140+3.9%+3.7%
Detached£417,00081+1.4%+14.2%
Semi-detached£338,24844+3.6%+2.3%
Terraced£315,74814+8.9%+30.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£360,000
Canterbury£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)£38,588±£5,467 · #3,846 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,436
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 267 offences
Canterbury92
South East71
England83

Rank #869 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft37
Burglary9
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons9
Drugs18
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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