CT20 1AS House Prices & Local Information

CT20 1AS is an up-and-coming urban area located 0.5km from Folkestone in Folkestone. Administratively it sits within Folkestone Central ward and the Folkestone and Hythe constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CT20 1AS is an older retirement area, many residents well beyond working age. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. Average age 59 — this is a predominantly retired and pre-retirement community, with very low mobility and high owner-occupation. 30% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 20% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (171 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. 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 CT20 1AS are sourced from Output Area E00124394 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.