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CT21 postcode area · Folkestone and Hythe

The CT21 postcode district spans 9 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Folkestone and Hythe. Area Scores range from 2 to 85 across them. Every full CT21 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the CT21 district: Saltwood, Seabrook & Etchinghill scores 85 out of 100 (#1,006 of 6,856 nationally) while Folkestone Harbour sits at 2 — neighbours on the map, 83 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £197,000 in Folkestone Harbour to £470,000 in Saltwood, Seabrook & Etchinghill — a 2.4× gap within the CT21 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£39,023a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime72per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)48
Owner-occupied68%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the CT21 district

£365,000median home sold over the past year · +16.2% over 5 years · +4.3% over the year · 309 sales
Detached£532,500
Semi-detached£346,250
Terraced£325,750
Flat£238,000
Folkestone and Hythe£318,250
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Saltwood, Seabrook & EtchinghillFolkestone and Hythe 1,00685 £470,000
Folkestone Morehall & SandgateFolkestone and Hythe 2,35666 £345,000
Lyminge, Densole & ElhamFolkestone and Hythe 3,02156 £460,000
Lympne & PalmarshFolkestone and Hythe 3,63147 £355,000
Cheriton & Horn StreetFolkestone and Hythe 4,10440 £302,500
HytheFolkestone and Hythe 4,57033 £319,000
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & BrooklandFolkestone and Hythe 5,50320 £312,000
Folkestone North EastFolkestone and Hythe 5,64718 £340,000
Folkestone HarbourFolkestone and Hythe 6,6822 £197,000

People living in CT21 Census 2021

Residents71,765
Median age (est.)48
Density250per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 11%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 40% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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.

Towns & places in CT21

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the CT21 district.

Folkestone

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around CT21.

CT20 CT50 CT19 CT18 CT16 TN29 TN25 CT17

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.