Parkwood & Senacre

Maidstone · South East · population 12,381 · 8 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,065 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,077 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 19 in Maidstone
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,183
Median age (est.)36
Density5,730per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above18%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 22%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 46%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 46%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 18%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 18%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant12%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Parkwood & Senacre is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,065 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 19 in Maidstone. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (91) but weak on Crime (7). Typical homes here sold for about £301,500 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 90 sales), 17% below the wider Maidstone median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,888 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 102 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 12 · #6,065
Employment 11 · #6,106
Education 8 · #6,277
Health 20 · #5,462
Crime 7 · #6,373
Housing & access 25 · #5,139
Living environment 91 · #601

House prices ?

£301,500median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£301,50090-4.3%+19.2%
Detached£470,0005+6.2%+39.3%
Semi-detached£345,00039+3.4%+23.7%
Terraced£270,00039-5.3%+10.2%
Flat£172,5007-9.2%+32.7%
This area£301,500
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)£35,888±£5,102 · #4,742 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,856
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

102 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,257 offences
Maidstone74
South East71
England83

Rank #4,994 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences589
Theft258
Burglary32
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson158
Public order & weapons68
Drugs53
Robbery8
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 273 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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