Swanley East & Hextable

Sevenoaks · South East · population 7,097 · 5 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,452 of 6,856 in England
  • #608 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 15 in Sevenoaks
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,144
Median age (est.)46
Density1,221per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above28%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 8%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

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

Swanley East & Hextable is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,452 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 15 in Sevenoaks. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (74) and lowest on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £442,750 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 104 sales), 10% below the wider Sevenoaks median of £490,500. Typical household take-home income is around £46,700 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 67 · #2,240
Employment 68 · #2,226
Education 40 · #4,118
Health 74 · #1,780
Crime 59 · #2,788
Housing & access 23 · #5,263
Living environment 68 · #2,185

House prices ?

£442,750median (12m) · +5.4% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£442,750104+5.4%+14.3%
Detached£585,00023+3.1%+7.3%
Semi-detached£455,00059+7.1%+18.2%
Terraced£352,50018-2.1%+10.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£442,750
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)£46,700±£6,552 · #1,696 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,412
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 332 offences
Sevenoaks52
South East71
England83

Rank #1,857 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences132
Theft51
Burglary9
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons21
Drugs17
Robbery5
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 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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