Westwood, Northwood & Bromstone

Thanet · South East · population 7,327 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,714 of 6,856 in England
  • #954 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 17 in Thanet
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,294
Median age (est.)50
Density1,378per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 26%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 21%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Westwood, Northwood & Bromstone is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,714 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 17 in Thanet. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (64) and lowest on Employment (23). Typical homes here sold for about £285,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 99 sales), in line with the wider Thanet median of £295,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,778 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 145 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 31 · #4,714
Employment 23 · #5,270
Education 30 · #4,824
Health 31 · #4,749
Crime 24 · #5,180
Housing & access 41 · #4,029
Living environment 64 · #2,459

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · -8.8% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,00099-8.8%+6.2%
Detached£350,000240.0%+9.4%
Semi-detached£281,25048-4.3%+4.2%
Terraced£225,00015-16.7%+13.9%
Flat£239,74812-24.4%
This area£285,000
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)£36,778±£5,272 · #4,435 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,410
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

145 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,064 offences
Thanet97
South East71
England83

Rank #5,863 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences380
Theft396
Burglary16
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson91
Public order & weapons63
Drugs38
Robbery9
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 169 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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