Salmestone

Thanet · South East · population 7,905 · 5 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,605 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,046 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 17 in Thanet
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,880
Median age (est.)38
Density2,550per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above25%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 13%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 91%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Salmestone is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,605 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 17 in Thanet. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (34) and lowest on Employment (16). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 94 sales), 8% below the wider Thanet median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,503 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 122 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,516
Employment 16 · #5,784
Education 20 · #5,516
Health 23 · #5,304
Crime 18 · #5,633
Housing & access 32 · #4,653
Living environment 34 · #4,529

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · -3.6% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,00094-3.6%+17.4%
Detached£305,0009-15.3%+5.2%
Semi-detached£275,00031-7.7%+16.3%
Terraced£265,00045-5.4%+26.2%
Flat£140,0009+1.6%+8.9%
This area£270,000
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)£37,503±£5,348 · #4,201 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,364
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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

122 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 962 offences
Thanet97
South East71
England83

Rank #5,495 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences531
Theft124
Burglary23
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons77
Drugs53
Robbery6
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 204 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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