Perry Street

Gravesham · South East · population 7,953 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,968 of 6,856 in England
  • #985 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 13 in Gravesham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,007
Median age (est.)36
Density8,293per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 19%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 15%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 15%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 14%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 73%Asian 14%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 32% · Sikh 11%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Perry Street is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,968 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 13 in Gravesham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (58) and lowest on Crime (13). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 64 sales), 19% below the wider Gravesham median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,494 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 84 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 28 · #4,913
Employment 29 · #4,838
Education 21 · #5,427
Health 35 · #4,447
Crime 13 · #5,962
Housing & access 58 · #2,905
Living environment 31 · #4,735

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,00064+1.7%+16.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£352,50010+8.1%+23.7%
Terraced£299,00052+2.2%+18.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£300,000
Gravesham£370,000
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)£41,494±£6,103 · #3,000 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,729
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

84 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 670 offences
Gravesham79
South East71
England83

Rank #4,290 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences315
Theft110
Burglary12
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson76
Public order & weapons50
Drugs20
Robbery8
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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