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  • Ashford constituency
  • Council areas it covers parts of (approximate outlines)
  • Marker: a point inside the constituency

The outline is the constituency. Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence. Use Full screen for the layers: neighbourhood deprivation (IoD2025, England only) and nearby schools. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Covers parts of 2 councils

Ashford is not a single council area. The share is the proportion of its residents (Census 2021 population, allocated by postcode) who live in each council area.

Council-level figures on these pages (anything the Office for National Statistics or the councils publish only for a council area) are labelled with the council they describe, and the other councils' values are listed beside them. A council figure is never the figure for the whole constituency.

People

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112,512
Resident population · 2024
3.6%
Population change · 2022 to 2024
1 percentage points higher than England
South East 2.7%England 2.6%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Resident population
Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024Ashford (Constituency)estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%)
Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2022-2024Ashford (Constituency)estimated, medium quality
Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£329,475
Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025
10% higher than England
South East £385,000England £300,000
3%
Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier
1.3 percentage points higher than England
South East 1.3%England 1.7%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Median sale price
Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, high quality
Change in median sale price over a year
Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, high quality
Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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45
Schools in the area · Oct 2026
94.9%
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding · 31 Aug 2026
3.7 percentage points higher than England
South East 91.9%England 91.2%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools in the area
Open schools (excluding children's centres) with a postcode in the area.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, high quality
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding
Share of schools with a 1-4 Ofsted grade that are Outstanding or Good.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
as at 31 Aug 2026Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, high quality
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Economy

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7,852
Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026
69.8 per 1,000
Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026
16% lower than England
South East 75.8 per 1,000England 83.6 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices)
Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, medium quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents
Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, low quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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67.9 per 1,000
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents · Year to Apr 2026
16% lower than England
South East 68.8 per 1,000England 80.7 per 1,000
291
Charities registered here · Oct 2026
Fewer than England here 2.6 per 1,000
South East 3 per 1,000England 2.7 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Recorded crime (excluding anti-social behaviour) per 1,000 residents
police.uk crime categories except anti-social behaviour, 12 months, per 1,000 residents.
Police forces of England and Wales via data.police.uk
Street-level crime (12 monthly files)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Year to Apr 2026Ashford (Constituency)estimated, medium quality
12 months to April 2026. 1.1% of Kent Police records have no location and are excluded.
Charities based in the area
Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Oct 2026Ashford (Constituency)aggregated, low quality
By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): South East 3 per 1,000, England 2.7 per 1,000, here 2.6 per 1,000.
Method: Recorded street crime per 1,000 residents

Counts of crimes in police.uk street-level data for May 2025 to April 2026, matched to 2021 LSOAs by the LSOA code on each record, then split to output areas by population and rolled up (see the area apportioning method). Rates are crimes per 1,000 residents (mid-2024 population) and describe where crimes were recorded, not who committed them or where victims live. High rates occur where many non-residents pass through (town centres, transport hubs, nightlife), so they are not a measure of risk to residents. Crimes with no location (blank LSOA) are excluded; the excluded share by force is in the notes. Greater Manchester Police data are absent from the extract, so those areas have no value. Categories follow police.uk. Anti-social behaviour is incident data, not crime proper, and is included only in the "all categories" rate. 12 months only: no trend is possible and seasonal effects are included.

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

The future

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How much of the work residents do generally available AI tools could speed up Ashford figure

  • A small part 51.9%
  • Some 20.6%
  • Much 26.3%
  • Not yet assessed 1.2%

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What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from its surroundings, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

Neighbourhoodsmedium confidence

Wide range between wards in Ashford: Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall)

Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall) (2025) varies within Ashford: from 0.0% in North Downs East to 100% in Stanhope, across 26 wards. The upper tenth of wards is 51.8 percentage points above the lower tenth.

Stanhope figure

100% Stanhope0% North Downs East
How do we know this?
Source
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025
Geography
Ward, compared with lowest-value ward (North Downs East)
Method
Summarising deprivation for an area. The Indices of Deprivation rank every LSOA in England; decile 1 contains the most deprived 10 per cent of LSOAs nationally. Ranks and deciles are ordinal, so they are never averaged. An area is described by (1) how many of its LSOAs fall in each national decile, (2) how many of its residents live in LSOAs of each decile (mid-2024 population apportioned to output areas, see the area apportioning method), (3) the share of residents in the most deprived 10 and 20 per cent of LSOAs nationally, and (4) the median decile of residents. IoD is a relative measure of small areas, not of individuals: most people in a deprived LSOA are not deprived and many deprived people live elsewhere. England only. Where an area straddles the England-Wales border the figures cover the English part only and are not published unless 90 per cent of residents are covered.
Limitations
  • This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.
  • Ward and neighbourhood boundaries differ in size; the range shows variation within the area, not a ranking of places.
See Living here
Educationhigh confidence

Higher than South East: Pupils eligible for free school meals

Pupils eligible for free school meals is 23.3% in Ashford (2025/26), compared with 19.1% in South East (4.2 percentage points higher; n = 18,145).

23.3% here19.1% South East
How do we know this?
Source
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data: Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes (Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool))
Period
2025/26
Geography
Constituency, compared with South East
Method
Pupil-weighted school measures. FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.
Limitations
  • Share of pupils at schools in the area; pupil-weighted. From 43 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
See Education
Economymedium confidence

Lower than South East: Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months

Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months is -2.7% in Ashford (Year to 1 Nov 2026 vs Year to 1 Nov 2025), compared with 5.3% in South East (8.0 percentage points lower).

-2.7% here5.3% South East
How do we know this?
Source
Companies House: Dissolved companies: advanced search API (one query per dissolution day since 2010), topped up from the live streaming feed; incorporations from the register snapshot of 2 Oct 2026 (to confirm (Companies House API terms; the register data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0))
Period
Year to 1 Nov 2026 vs Year to 1 Nov 2025
Geography
Constituency, compared with South East
Method
Company dissolutions and net formation. Dissolutions are companies Companies House records as dissolved, counted on the dissolution date and located by the postcode of the registered office held at dissolution. That address is often an accountant, formation agent or liquidator, not where the company traded, so it says where a company was registered, not where a business closed. Every dissolution day since 1 January 2010 was fetched one day at a time and checked: the number of companies stored equals the number the register reports for that day. The latest window is the 365 days ending the latest complete day; the prior window is the 365 days before it; annual figures are complete calendar years. The route to dissolution (strike-off, end of liquidation, merger) is not recorded, so dissolutions are not split. Net formation = companies incorporated in the period (all that were ever registered in it, whether or not they have since been dissolved) minus companies dissolved in the period. The two groups are different companies and are located by different addresses, current for companies still on the register and last held for dissolved ones. Net formation compares registered offices, not jobs, trading or business closures.
Limitations
  • Registered offices are not operating locations; many companies are registered at an agent or accountant address.
  • Registered-office events are not new local employers, closures or job changes.
See Economy
Educationmedium confidence

Higher than England: GCSE results (Attainment 8 score)

GCSE results (Attainment 8 score) is 48.7 in Ashford (2024/25), compared with 45.3 in England (3.4 points higher; n = 1,324).

48.7 here45.3 England
How do we know this?
Source
Department for Education (compare school performance): Key stage 2 and key stage 4 school-level performance tables extract (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2024/25
Geography
Constituency, compared with England
Method
Pupil-weighted school measures. FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.
Limitations
  • Cohort-weighted mean of school Attainment 8 scores. From 8 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
See Education
Neighbourhoodsmedium confidence

Lower than England: Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England, judged on health and disability

Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England, judged on health and disability is 2.6% in Ashford (2025), compared with 19.8% in England (17.2 percentage points lower; n = 112,512).

2.6% here19.8% England
How do we know this?
Source
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025
Geography
Constituency, compared with England
Method
Summarising deprivation for an area. The Indices of Deprivation rank every LSOA in England; decile 1 contains the most deprived 10 per cent of LSOAs nationally. Ranks and deciles are ordinal, so they are never averaged. An area is described by (1) how many of its LSOAs fall in each national decile, (2) how many of its residents live in LSOAs of each decile (mid-2024 population apportioned to output areas, see the area apportioning method), (3) the share of residents in the most deprived 10 and 20 per cent of LSOAs nationally, and (4) the median decile of residents. IoD is a relative measure of small areas, not of individuals: most people in a deprived LSOA are not deprived and many deprived people live elsewhere. England only. Where an area straddles the England-Wales border the figures cover the English part only and are not published unless 90 per cent of residents are covered.
Limitations
  • This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.
See Living here
Economymedium confidence

Larger share in "Financial and insurance activities": Enterprises by industry (SIC section) (Ashford figure)

In the breakdown "Enterprises by industry (SIC section)" (2026), "Financial and insurance activities" makes up 5.5% in Ashford council area, compared with 2.2% in England.

Ashford figure

5.5% Ashford figure2.2% England
How do we know this?
Source
not recorded
Period
2026
Geography
Council area, compared with England
Method
Business counts. UK Business Counts count businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the ONS Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) at a March snapshot. An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with a degree of autonomy; a local unit is a single site of an enterprise, counted where the site is. Businesses below the VAT threshold and not running PAYE (many sole traders) are not included, so counts understate the smallest businesses. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5. Enterprises are placed in an area by where their head office or main site is registered with HMRC, which for multi-site firms may not be where staff work: local units are the better guide to where businesses operate. Size bands are by employment (employees plus working proprietors). Industry is the SIC 2007 section of the main activity.
Limitations
  • Ashford covers parts of 2 council areas (Ashford 83%, Folkestone and Hythe 17%); the figure shown is for Ashford only, not for the whole constituency.
  • This figure is for the Ashford council area, not for Ashford itself.
See Economy

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Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.