Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers

Dorset · South West · population 5,053 · 3 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,624 of 6,856 in England
  • #295 of 710 in South West
  • #16 of 48 in Dorset
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,055
Median age (est.)57
Density35per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 8%25–44 14%45–64 31%65+ 36%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 5%Other: 27%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 5%Other 27%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 20% · Professional 16% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors20%
Professional16%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · 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

Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,624 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (85) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £552,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 42 sales), 60% above the wider Dorset median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,463 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 70 · #2,055
Employment 77 · #1,554
Education 66 · #2,342
Health 85 · #1,047
Crime 76 · #1,630
Housing & access 11 · #6,085
Living environment 15 · #5,832

House prices ?

£552,500median (12m) · -3.1% yr · n=42
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£552,50042-3.1%+1.4%
Detached£692,50022+6.9%+16.9%
Semi-detached£395,0008+9.7%-19.4%
Terraced£380,00012-2.6%+34.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£552,500
Dorset£345,000
South West£310,000
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)£39,463±£5,592 · #3,581 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,747
Price-to-income ?14.0×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 156 offences
Dorset40
South West71
England83

Rank #473 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences66
Theft37
Burglary13
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson13
Public order & weapons14
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 34 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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