City Profile • Local Authority

Folkestone and Hythe

Folkestone and Hythe is a local authority district comprising 9 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £348k, reflecting a downward trend of 0.7% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 79 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

110,237
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

9 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Folkestone and Hythe authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English88.0%
White: Other White3.6%
Other Asian2.7%
Any other ethnic group0.9%
White: Irish0.7%
White and Asian0.6%

Age Profile

55-59 years7.7%
50-54 years7.3%
70-74 years7.1%
60-64 years6.9%
65-69 years6.3%
45-49 years6.1%

Top Occupations

Professional15.9%
Associate professional14.5%
Managers and directors12.9%
Caring and leisure11.9%
Skilled trades11.7%
Elementary occupations9.2%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright39.2%
Owned: Mortgage26.5%
Private rented: Landlord19.8%
Social rented: Council6.5%
Social rented: Other4.4%
Private rented: Other2.7%

Area DNA

family3/10
health6/10
safety5/10
homeown6/10
transit6/10
affluence5/10
diversity5/10
employment2/10
investment5/10