Teynham & Badlesmere

Swale · South East · population 9,911 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,413 of 6,856 in England
  • #915 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 17 in Swale
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,521
Median age (est.)44
Density91per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 15%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · 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

Teynham & Badlesmere is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,413 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 17 in Swale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (60) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 121 sales), in line with the wider Swale median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,890 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 50 · #3,460
Employment 46 · #3,713
Education 30 · #4,810
Health 60 · #2,754
Crime 45 · #3,782
Housing & access 3 · #6,661
Living environment 29 · #4,865

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,000121+8.3%+13.4%
Detached£610,00035-12.9%+29.4%
Semi-detached£323,00040+7.7%+20.3%
Terraced£254,50042+7.6%+6.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£325,000
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)£41,890±£5,852 · #2,881 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,710
Price-to-income ?7.8×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 499 offences
Swale82
South East71
England83

Rank #2,149 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences231
Theft74
Burglary28
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons32
Drugs13
Robbery2
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 166 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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