Dane Valley & Northdown Hill

Thanet · South East · population 7,601 · 5 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,558 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,106 of 1,119 in South East
  • #15 of 17 in Thanet
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,724
Median age (est.)38
Density3,983per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 34%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 18%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 18%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 16% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure16%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades13%
Professional11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

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

Dane Valley & Northdown Hill is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,558 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #15 of 17 in Thanet. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Crime (2). Typical homes here sold for about £271,250 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 58 sales), 8% below the wider Thanet median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,843 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 94 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,469
Employment 2 · #6,702
Education 7 · #6,353
Health 9 · #6,250
Crime 2 · #6,737
Housing & access 14 · #5,893
Living environment 85 · #1,040

House prices ?

£271,250median (12m) · -1.4% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£271,25058-1.4%+14.5%
Detached£307,7506-12.1%-6.7%
Semi-detached£295,00026+5.4%+23.4%
Terraced£243,50024-9.6%+21.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£271,250
Thanet£295,000
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)£34,843±£5,052 · #5,084 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,802
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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

94 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 715 offences
Thanet97
South East71
England83

Rank #4,710 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences420
Theft47
Burglary18
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson116
Public order & weapons36
Drugs29
Robbery5
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 219 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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