CECIL SQUARE, CT9 1BA House Prices & Local Information

CT9 1BA is an up-and-coming urban area on Cecil Square in Margate. Administratively it sits within Margate Central ward and the North Thanet constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CT9 1BA is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. By day, the area transitions to a low density wholesale and retail character: low density wholesale and retail in mostly white areas, often on urban fringe or close to transport nodes. An average age of 40 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 46% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are high (222 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 CT9 1BA are sourced from Output Area E00125268 (shared with 13 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.