Dumpton

Thanet · South East · population 8,267 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,851 of 6,856 in England
  • #970 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 17 in Thanet
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,207
Median age (est.)43
Density4,968per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 11%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 15%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 15%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · 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

Dumpton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,851 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 17 in Thanet. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Crime (22). Typical homes here sold for about £262,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 95 sales), 11% below the wider Thanet median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,420 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 30 · #4,790
Employment 22 · #5,311
Education 30 · #4,769
Health 36 · #4,378
Crime 22 · #5,352
Housing & access 54 · #3,165
Living environment 41 · #4,049

House prices ?

£262,000median (12m) · -6.8% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,00095-6.8%+13.9%
Detached£504,00011+22.9%+20.0%
Semi-detached£283,75030-7.3%+20.7%
Terraced£247,50048-3.1%+15.5%
Flat£158,2506+4.1%
This area£262,000
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)£40,420±£5,696 · #3,301 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,822
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 561 offences
Thanet97
South East71
England83

Rank #3,397 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences280
Theft91
Burglary12
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons30
Drugs23
Robbery7
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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