Walmer

Dover · South East · population 7,538 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,611 of 6,856 in England
  • #941 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 14 in Dover
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,713
Median age (est.)49
Density2,879per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 26%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 20%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 13%Other: 18%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 13%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional15%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

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 50% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

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

Walmer is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,611 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 14 in Dover. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (77) and lowest on Crime (23). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 101 sales), in line with the wider Dover median of £292,595. Typical household take-home income is around £37,423 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 33 · #4,598
Employment 26 · #5,071
Education 26 · #5,057
Health 34 · #4,502
Crime 23 · #5,263
Housing & access 42 · #4,008
Living environment 77 · #1,554

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · +3.1% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,000101+3.1%+11.5%
Detached£430,00023-4.4%+19.4%
Semi-detached£300,00037-3.2%+7.1%
Terraced£228,75036-14.5%+6.6%
Flat£155,0005-36.5%-11.3%
This area£290,000
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)£37,423±£5,267 · #4,227 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,627
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 425 offences
Dover73
South East71
England83

Rank #2,598 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft58
Burglary8
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons18
Drugs15
Robbery3
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 77 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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