Westgate

Thanet · South East · population 8,906 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,742 of 6,856 in England
  • #960 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 17 in Thanet
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,048
Median age (est.)48
Density2,427per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above25%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 11%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 37%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Caring & leisure 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · 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

Westgate is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,742 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 17 in Thanet. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (63) and lowest on Employment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 155 sales), 8% below the wider Thanet median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,638 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 32 · #4,632
Employment 22 · #5,366
Education 33 · #4,577
Health 31 · #4,707
Crime 33 · #4,611
Housing & access 28 · #4,941
Living environment 63 · #2,528

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,0001550.0%+13.1%
Detached£420,00019+5.0%+16.7%
Semi-detached£310,00033+6.9%+12.7%
Terraced£299,00045-4.3%+24.6%
Flat£157,25058+2.8%+6.4%
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)£36,638±£5,290 · #4,485 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,767
Price-to-income ?7.4×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 565 offences
Thanet97
South East71
England83

Rank #3,092 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences334
Theft58
Burglary13
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons35
Drugs22
Robbery0
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 118 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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