Folkestone Morehall & Sandgate

Folkestone and Hythe · South East · population 13,311 · 8 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,356 of 6,856 in England
  • #597 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,097
Median age (est.)45
Density2,802per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above33%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 4%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 7%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 7%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 41% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Folkestone Morehall & Sandgate is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,356 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (70) and lowest on Health (51). Typical homes here sold for about £345,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 192 sales), 8% above the wider Folkestone and Hythe median of £318,250. Typical household take-home income is around £44,488 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 59 · #2,781
Employment 53 · #3,193
Education 65 · #2,397
Health 51 · #3,336
Crime 53 · #3,206
Housing & access 70 · #2,027
Living environment 54 · #3,124

House prices ?

£345,000median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=192
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£345,000192+2.3%+11.8%
Detached£623,50038+31.3%+27.2%
Semi-detached£405,00050+12.5%+25.6%
Terraced£315,00070+3.3%+12.5%
Flat£225,25034+4.3%+14.3%
This area£345,000
Folkestone and Hythe£318,250
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)£44,488±£6,171 · #2,206 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,229
Price-to-income ?7.8×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 840 offences
Folkestone and Hythe71
South East71
England83

Rank #3,073 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences377
Theft187
Burglary28
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons41
Drugs46
Robbery8
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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