HARDY CLOSE, ME11 5AU House Prices & Local Information

ME11 5AU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Hardy Close, 0.4km from Rushenden in Queenborough. Administratively it sits within Queenborough and Halfway ward and the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency.

This is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. During the day, industrial activities connected with mining and quarrying. It has a young, student-heavy population (average age 27) — lively, but with high tenant turnover. Employment levels are high (47% in full-time work) — a well-connected, economically active community.

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 £260k, down 4.5% 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 ME11 5AU are sourced from Output Area E00189748 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.