OLD FOLKESTONE ROAD, CT17 9HD House Prices & Local Information

CT17 9HD is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Old Folkestone Road, 0.3km from Aycliff in Dover. Administratively it sits within Town & Castle ward and the Dover constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CT17 9HD is a transitional terrace area — improving but still facing economic pressures. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a manufacturing, energy and utilities zone — manufacturing, energy and utilities. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 41) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 32% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 48 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £218k, up 12.5% 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 CT17 9HD are sourced from Output Area E00123107 (shared with 12 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.