BENSON LANE, CT18 7AQ House Prices & Local Information

CT18 7AQ is a safe, established residential area on Benson Lane, 0.4km from Elvington in Hawkinge. Administratively it sits within North Downs East ward and the Folkestone and Hythe constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CT18 7AQ is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a traditional countryside zone — mainly white older workforce, self-employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, with some construction. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 36) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 40% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 22 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £195k, up 69.6% year-on-year.

Census 2021 statistics for CT18 7AQ are sourced from Output Area E00124567 (shared with 12 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.