Kemsing & Otford

Sevenoaks · South East · population 7,527 · 5 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #971 of 6,856 in England
  • #296 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 15 in Sevenoaks
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,567
Median age (est.)46
Density532per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above41%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 10%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 23%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional16%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Kemsing & Otford is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #971 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 15 in Sevenoaks. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (95) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £615,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 91 sales), 25% above the wider Sevenoaks median of £490,500. Typical household take-home income is around £53,107 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 87 · #862
Employment 90 · #704
Education 77 · #1,554
Health 95 · #334
Crime 74 · #1,753
Housing & access 22 · #5,366
Living environment 81 · #1,280

House prices ?

£615,000median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£615,00091+4.2%+1.2%
Detached£950,00030+8.6%+19.6%
Semi-detached£587,50044+6.8%+38.2%
Terraced£379,65016-18.9%+6.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£615,000
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)£53,107±£7,474 · #655 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,730
Price-to-income ?11.6×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 212 offences
Sevenoaks52
South East71
England83

Rank #299 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences82
Theft36
Burglary18
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons11
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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