Elms Vale & Capel-le-Ferne

Dover · South East · population 6,783 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

59Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Elms Vale & Capel-le-Ferne is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,829 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 14 in Dover. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (77) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 83 sales), in line with the wider Dover median of £292,595. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,776 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 77 · #1,595
Employment 60 · #2,740
Education 48 · #3,528
Health 64 · #2,432
Crime 65 · #2,370
Housing & access 12 · #6,044
Living environment 54 · #3,158

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,00083+1.4%-3.2%
Detached£399,50033-6.0%+1.8%
Semi-detached£285,00032+5.1%+17.3%
Terraced£203,00013-7.9%+12.0%
Flat£105,0005
This area£300,000
Dover£292,595
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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