Canterbury St Stephen's

Canterbury · South East · population 8,046 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,707 of 6,856 in England
  • #953 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 19 in Canterbury
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,062
Median age (est.)25
Density3,804per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above32%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 38%25–44 20%45–64 17%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 26%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 10%Other: 37%
One person 23%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 10%Other 37%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 15% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary15%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 8%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 79%Asian 8%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 39% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Canterbury St Stephen's is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,707 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 19 in Canterbury. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (89) but weak on Crime (14). Typical homes here sold for about £288,750 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 68 sales), 16% below the wider Canterbury median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,560 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 32 · #4,666
Employment 37 · #4,330
Education 24 · #5,201
Health 48 · #3,576
Crime 14 · #5,893
Housing & access 16 · #5,743
Living environment 89 · #773

House prices ?

£288,750median (12m) · -10.9% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£288,75068-10.9%+4.8%
Detached£500,00014-21.6%+19.0%
Semi-detached£336,50020-9.7%+5.2%
Terraced£264,00024-2.2%+3.5%
Flat£152,50010-4.5%
This area£288,750
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)£41,560±£6,212 · #2,983 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,926
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 772 offences
Canterbury92
South East71
England83

Rank #4,793 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences392
Theft69
Burglary35
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson109
Public order & weapons41
Drugs34
Robbery5
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 139 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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