Capstone

Medway · South East · population 6,797 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,920 of 6,856 in England
  • #977 of 1,119 in South East
  • #23 of 38 in Medway
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,801
Median age (est.)40
Density1,359per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 24%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 14%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 14%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Capstone is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,920 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 38 in Medway. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here, about £315,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 70 sales), in line with the wider Medway median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,732 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 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 34 · #4,543
Employment 29 · #4,838
Education 21 · #5,441
Health 32 · #4,653
Crime 30 · #4,831
Housing & access 11 · #6,092
Living environment 93 · #485

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · +8.6% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,00070+8.6%+30.4%
Detached£456,00012-10.6%+1.3%
Semi-detached£360,00023-6.5%+39.5%
Terraced£297,00027+8.0%+31.7%
Flat£75,0008-7.7%-33.3%
This area£315,000
Medway£310,000
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)£38,732±£5,427 · #3,789 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,317
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 385 offences
Medway86
South East71
England83

Rank #2,612 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences215
Theft35
Burglary12
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons19
Drugs5
Robbery4
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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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