Lydd & Dungeness

Folkestone and Hythe · South East · population 6,273 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,605 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,046 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,344
Median age (est.)50
Density132per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above18%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 9%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Professional11%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%

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 49% · No religion 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Lydd & Dungeness is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,605 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (61) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 93 sales), 14% below the wider Folkestone and Hythe median of £318,250. Typical household take-home income is around £35,450 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 34 · #4,529
Employment 22 · #5,352
Education 8 · #6,305
Health 26 · #5,071
Crime 51 · #3,350
Housing & access 1 · #6,764
Living environment 61 · #2,685

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,00093-4.3%+10.0%
Detached£330,00031-5.7%+1.5%
Semi-detached£268,00039-3.4%+8.9%
Terraced£221,00020-11.6%+2.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£275,000
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)£35,450±£5,069 · #4,891 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,016
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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 299 offences
Folkestone and Hythe71
South East71
England83

Rank #1,919 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft24
Burglary7
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons18
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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