Windmill Hill

Gravesham · South East · population 9,585 · 6 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,123 of 6,856 in England
  • #542 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 13 in Gravesham
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,645
Median age (est.)42
Density5,433per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 6%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 13%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 77%Asian 13%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 31% · Sikh 11%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Windmill Hill is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,123 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 13 in Gravesham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (81) but weak on Living environment (23). Typical homes here sold for about £384,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 106 sales), in line with the wider Gravesham median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,956 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 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 71 · #2,007
Employment 72 · #1,931
Education 66 · #2,315
Health 67 · #2,240
Crime 36 · #4,372
Housing & access 81 · #1,314
Living environment 23 · #5,290

House prices ?

£384,000median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£384,000106+2.1%+23.9%
Detached£561,25014+16.9%+40.6%
Semi-detached£469,50028+16.4%+23.8%
Terraced£350,000570.0%+18.6%
Flat£220,0007+26.4%+24.3%
This area£384,000
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)£44,956±£6,251 · #2,089 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,922
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 468 offences
Gravesham79
South East71
England83

Rank #2,018 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences238
Theft60
Burglary25
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons31
Drugs14
Robbery3
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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