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Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea

Middle area

West Maidstone. 9,324 people in 5.8 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£400,000
1,898th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,052
2,060th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea compares

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Loose Valley & Boughton MonchelseaMiddle
Median sale price19 middle areas, Maidstone · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Maidstone19 areas from £225,000 to £443,250. The middle area is £396,995. Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea is £400,000.
£400,000joint 8th highest
Population19 middle areas, Maidstone · 2021
Population: every middle area in Maidstone19 areas from 6,693 to 12,367. The middle area is 9,052. Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea is 9,052.
9,05210th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage19 middle areas, Maidstone · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Maidstone19 areas from 61.1% to 97.3%. The middle area is 82.1%. Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea is 84.0%.
84.0%9th highest
Claimant rate19 middle areas, Maidstone · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Maidstone19 areas from 1.4% to 6.3%. The middle area is 2.8%. Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea is 2.5%.
2.5%joint 5th lowest

Figures for the whole of Maidstone

These figures are published for the whole of Maidstone, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Maidstone and not Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea alone. See Maidstone

Average house price
£352,722
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,191
165th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.2×
78th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.1
137th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea in brief

The median price paid for a home in Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea was £400,000 in 2025.

Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea had 9,052 usual residents at the census.

In Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.