Knockholt, Shoreham & Dunton Green

Sevenoaks · South East · population 9,854 · 6 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,863 of 6,856 in England
  • #478 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 15 in Sevenoaks
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,723
Median age (est.)42
Density267per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 8%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Knockholt, Shoreham & Dunton Green is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,863 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 15 in Sevenoaks. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here, about £562,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 144 sales), 15% above the wider Sevenoaks median of £490,500. Typical household take-home income is around £49,208 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 80 · #1,390
Employment 87 · #869
Education 67 · #2,281
Health 88 · #848
Crime 65 · #2,384
Housing & access 16 · #5,777
Living environment 37 · #4,344

House prices ?

£562,500median (12m) · +5.2% yr · n=144
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£562,500144+5.2%+25.0%
Detached£870,00035+17.6%+19.4%
Semi-detached£630,00033+7.9%+29.4%
Terraced£499,00041-4.0%+21.7%
Flat£295,00035+4.2%+16.8%
This area£562,500
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)£49,208±£6,894 · #1,202 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,393
Price-to-income ?11.4×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 445 offences
Sevenoaks52
South East71
England83

Rank #1,696 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences153
Theft112
Burglary24
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons23
Drugs17
Robbery1
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 102 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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