Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow

Medway · South East · population 12,585 · 6 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,871 of 6,856 in England
  • #843 of 1,119 in South East
  • #17 of 38 in Medway
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,142
Median age (est.)39
Density434per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above23%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 12%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 22%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Managers & directors 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 45% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,871 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 38 in Medway. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (94) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £355,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 176 sales), 15% above the wider Medway median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,527 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 · #2,973
Employment 52 · #3,275
Education 35 · #4,474
Health 55 · #3,083
Crime 37 · #4,303
Housing & access 4 · #6,551
Living environment 94 · #403

House prices ?

£355,000median (12m) · -9.0% yr · n=176
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£355,000176-9.0%+4.7%
Detached£512,00033+6.4%+17.8%
Semi-detached£370,00082+0.3%+15.3%
Terraced£315,00046-4.5%+14.5%
Flat£205,00015+15.5%+12.6%
This area£355,000
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)£44,527±£6,288 · #2,190 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,344
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 681 offences
Medway86
South East71
England83

Rank #2,415 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences386
Theft61
Burglary24
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson77
Public order & weapons29
Drugs31
Robbery1
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 209 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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