STURRY ROAD, CT1 1BU House Prices & Local Information

CT1 1BU is an up-and-coming urban area on Sturry Road, 0.9km from St Martin's in Canterbury. Administratively it sits within Northgate ward and the Canterbury constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CT1 1BU is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. By day, the area transitions to a eat, drink and be merry character: areas dominated by food and entertainment. An average age of 36 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 51% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: Average house prices are around £195k, down 22.3% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CT1 1BU are sourced from Output Area E00190192 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.