Harrietsham, Hollingbourne & Lenham

Maidstone · South East · population 10,100 · 5 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,864 of 6,856 in England
  • #842 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 19 in Maidstone
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,763
Median age (est.)49
Density99per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 19% · Professional 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors19%
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Harrietsham, Hollingbourne & Lenham is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,864 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 19 in Maidstone. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (69) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 143 sales), 10% above the wider Maidstone median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,595 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 57 · #2,959
Employment 54 · #3,131
Education 46 · #3,693
Health 69 · #2,096
Crime 44 · #3,823
Housing & access 8 · #6,339
Living environment 25 · #5,112

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,000143+3.5%+4.6%
Detached£567,50065-6.2%+3.2%
Semi-detached£370,00043+5.7%+13.0%
Terraced£325,00023+6.6%+26.2%
Flat£260,00012-1.9%-13.3%
This area£400,000
Maidstone£365,000
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)£42,595±£5,944 · #2,684 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,322
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 642 offences
Maidstone74
South East71
England83

Rank #3,112 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences242
Theft157
Burglary24
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons38
Drugs16
Robbery4
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 179 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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