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Penenden Heath

Middle area

North west Maidstone. 9,523 people in 1.9 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 Penenden Heath’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£355,000
2,554th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,085
2,028th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Penenden Heath compares

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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. Penenden Heath is £355,000.
£355,0007th lowest
Population19 middle areas, Maidstone · 2021
Population: every middle area in Maidstone19 areas from 6,693 to 12,367. The middle area is 9,052. Penenden Heath is 9,085.
9,0859th 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%. Penenden Heath is 96.0%.
96.0%2nd 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%. Penenden Heath 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 Penenden Heath 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
Penenden Heath in brief

The median price paid for a home in Penenden Heath was £355,000 in 2025.

Penenden Heath had 9,085 usual residents at the census.

In Penenden Heath, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Penenden Heath, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.