Kewhurst

Rother · South East · population 7,745 · 5 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,061 of 6,856 in England
  • #525 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 11 in Rother
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,714
Median age (est.)61
Density2,909per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above28%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 6%25–44 15%45–64 25%65+ 44%

Tenure

Own outright: 60%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 60%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 5%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 6%Other: 26%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 6%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 35% · Muslim 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

Kewhurst is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,061 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 11 in Rother. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (83) and lowest on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 115 sales), in line with the wider Rother median of £355,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,246 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 72 · #1,931
Employment 52 · #3,268
Education 61 · #2,665
Health 53 · #3,227
Crime 83 · #1,136
Housing & access 43 · #3,892
Living environment 76 · #1,664

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000115-2.8%+19.7%
Detached£470,00048-5.1%+10.7%
Semi-detached£355,00022+5.6%+20.9%
Terraced£265,00012-8.6%+6.0%
Flat£205,00033-8.9%+12.3%
This area£350,000
Rother£355,000
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)£37,246±£5,413 · #4,290 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,707
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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 265 offences
Rother57
South East71
England83

Rank #746 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft50
Burglary7
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons25
Drugs9
Robbery4
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 78 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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