Minster South

Swale · South East · population 10,996 · 7 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,687 of 6,856 in England
  • #949 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 17 in Swale
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,857
Median age (est.)39
Density2,160per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above19%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 45% · Muslim 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

Minster South is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,687 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 17 in Swale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £285,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 141 sales), 8% below the wider Swale median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,776 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,145
Employment 33 · #4,564
Education 15 · #5,804
Health 37 · #4,337
Crime 36 · #4,420
Housing & access 14 · #5,859
Living environment 93 · #492

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=141
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,000141+1.8%+21.3%
Detached£372,50050+4.9%+16.4%
Semi-detached£276,25044-1.3%+12.8%
Terraced£249,75038-3.4%+23.3%
Flat£162,5009-10.0%-1.5%
This area£285,000
Swale£310,000
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)£39,776±£5,578 · #3,487 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,552
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 603 offences
Swale82
South East71
England83

Rank #2,476 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences323
Theft64
Burglary18
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson91
Public order & weapons25
Drugs22
Robbery2
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 178 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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