Mill Hill, Upper Deal & Northbourne

Dover · South East · population 9,431 · 6 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,221 of 6,856 in England
  • #896 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 14 in Dover
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,352
Median age (est.)42
Density411per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 15%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 15% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Professional14%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 46% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Mill Hill, Upper Deal & Northbourne is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,221 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in Dover. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (82) and lowest on Employment (29). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 108 sales), 8% below the wider Dover median of £292,595. Typical household take-home income is around £39,310 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 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 38 · #4,262
Employment 29 · #4,838
Education 30 · #4,790
Health 38 · #4,228
Crime 38 · #4,228
Housing & access 33 · #4,570
Living environment 82 · #1,198

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · -1.8% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000108-1.8%+3.8%
Detached£410,00012+3.1%+10.8%
Semi-detached£275,000480.0%+11.7%
Terraced£250,00043+3.7%+9.4%
Flat£160,0005+3.2%
This area£270,000
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)£39,310±£5,483 · #3,628 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,121
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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 348 offences
Dover73
South East71
England83

Rank #982 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft44
Burglary9
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons34
Drugs16
Robbery3
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 72 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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