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ME15 postcode area · Maidstone

The ME15 postcode district spans 11 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Maidstone. Area Scores range from 11 to 92 across them. Every full ME15 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The ME15 district contains both ends of the scale: Bearsted & Downswood at 92 out of 100 (#512 of 6,856 in England) against Parkwood & Senacre at 12, an 81-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 2 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 2 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £238,750 in Ringlestone & Central Maidstone to £490,000 in Marden — a 2.1× gap within the ME15 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£41,487a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime86per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied64%

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 ME15 district

£342,500median home sold over the past year · +14.2% over 5 years · +2.2% over the year · 549 sales
Detached£519,000
Semi-detached£365,000
Terraced£286,000
Flat£180,000
Maidstone£365,000
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
Bearsted & DownswoodMaidstone 51292 £425,000
Loose Valley & Boughton MonchelseaMaidstone 1,50678 £400,000
Yalding & FarleighMaidstone 2,84358 £416,995
Loose & CoxheathMaidstone 2,93957 £380,000
Kingswood, Langley Heath & Chart SuttonMaidstone 3,29552 £390,000
MardenMaidstone 3,72046 £490,000
Maidstone WestMaidstone 4,04941 £271,500
Mote ParkMaidstone 4,17339 £350,000
TovilMaidstone 4,40636 £292,000
Ringlestone & Central MaidstoneMaidstone 5,20824 £238,750
Parkwood & SenacreMaidstone 6,06512 £301,500

People living in ME15 Census 2021

Residents106,718
Median age (est.)40
Density676per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 17%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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 ME15

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the ME15 district.

Loose

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around ME15.

ME16 ME14 ME17 ME18 ME20 TN12 ME19 ME99

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.