Mote Park

Maidstone · South East · population 8,174 · 5 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,173 of 6,856 in England
  • #888 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 19 in Maidstone
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,101
Median age (est.)41
Density2,232per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 23%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 11%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 11%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Skilled trades13%
Professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Mote Park is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,173 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 19 in Maidstone. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (94) but weak on Crime (21). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 83 sales), in line with the wider Maidstone median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,725 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 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 39 · #4,159
Employment 34 · #4,495
Education 21 · #5,386
Health 44 · #3,830
Crime 21 · #5,434
Housing & access 45 · #3,796
Living environment 94 · #375

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000830.0%+21.5%
Detached£469,00010-3.8%+9.1%
Semi-detached£357,00045+2.0%+20.0%
Terraced£290,00019+1.8%+18.4%
Flat£213,0009-5.3%+33.1%
This area£350,000
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)£39,725±£5,536 · #3,503 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,441
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 581 offences
Maidstone74
South East71
England83

Rank #3,606 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences290
Theft47
Burglary15
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons49
Drugs41
Robbery4
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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