Lyminge, Densole & Elham

Folkestone and Hythe · South East · population 6,225 · 4 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,021 of 6,856 in England
  • #713 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,092
Median age (est.)56
Density74per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above35%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 31%65+ 34%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 26%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

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 58% · No religion 35% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Lyminge, Densole & Elham is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,021 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (92) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £460,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 69 sales), 45% above the wider Folkestone and Hythe median of £318,250. Typical household take-home income is around £39,683 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 22 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 82 · #1,246
Employment 60 · #2,747
Education 75 · #1,712
Health 72 · #1,924
Crime 92 · #581
Housing & access 5 · #6,538
Living environment 20 · #5,455

House prices ?

£460,000median (12m) · +18.7% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£460,00069+18.7%+10.8%
Detached£605,00042+30.9%+26.0%
Semi-detached£355,00019+1.1%+12.7%
Terraced£303,0006-23.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£460,000
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)£39,683±£5,619 · #3,517 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,404
Price-to-income ?11.6×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

22 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 137 offences
Folkestone and Hythe71
South East71
England83

Rank #72 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences64
Theft21
Burglary10
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons12
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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