Hartley & Hodsoll Street

Sevenoaks · South East · population 5,872 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,650 of 6,856 in England
  • #432 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 15 in Sevenoaks
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,931
Median age (est.)53
Density451per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 27%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 9%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 24%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 35% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Hartley & Hodsoll Street is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,650 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 15 in Sevenoaks. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (88) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here, about £645,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 61 sales), 31% above the wider Sevenoaks median of £490,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,977 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £43,397 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 88 · #828
Employment 82 · #1,205
Education 58 · #2,905
Health 84 · #1,067
Crime 64 · #2,473
Housing & access 19 · #5,523
Living environment 80 · #1,355

House prices ?

£645,000median (12m) · +2.8% yr · n=61
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£645,00061+2.8%+27.7%
Detached£695,00040+3.0%+14.9%
Semi-detached£596,00013+15.7%+30.3%
Terraced£337,5008+13.4%+19.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£645,000
Sevenoaks£490,500
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)£43,397±£6,151 · #2,468 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,815
Price-to-income ?14.9×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 192 offences
Sevenoaks52
South East71
England83

Rank #628 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft23
Burglary12
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons11
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 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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