ARTILLERY ROAD, ME12 1BU House Prices & Local Information

ME12 1BU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Artillery Road, 0.5km from Blue Town in Sheerness. Administratively it sits within Sheerness ward and the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. During the day, industrial activities connected with mining and quarrying. A balanced community with an average age of 36 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 69% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. 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 ME12 1BU are sourced from Output Area E00124933 (shared with 31 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.