Buckland & St Radigunds

Dover · South East · population 13,569 · 8 LSOAs

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

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,188 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,084 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 14 in Dover
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,604
Median age (est.)36
Density2,941per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above18%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 30%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 18%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 18%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 16% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure16%
Elementary14%
Associate professional13%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Buckland & St Radigunds is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,188 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 14 in Dover. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (63) but weak on Crime (6). Typical homes here sold for about £205,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 125 sales), 30% below the wider Dover median of £292,595. Typical household take-home income is around £37,014 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 11 · #6,113
Employment 9 · #6,243
Education 8 · #6,284
Health 16 · #5,722
Crime 6 · #6,414
Housing & access 26 · #5,071
Living environment 63 · #2,541

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,000125+3.0%+18.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£252,50026+7.4%+37.6%
Terraced£200,00095+2.6%+16.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£205,000
Dover£292,595
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)£37,014±£5,268 · #4,357 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,154
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,293 offences
Dover73
South East71
England83

Rank #4,759 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences737
Theft128
Burglary21
Vehicle crime60
Criminal damage & arson165
Public order & weapons74
Drugs60
Robbery3
Other45

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 295 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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