St Lawrence Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

St Lawrence Avenue is classified by the ONS as Comfortable Suburbia. St Lawrence Avenue is in the lowest 10% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

St Lawrence Avenue is located in the Speldhurst and Bidborough ward of the Tunbridge Wells district in Kent.
Coordinates 51.169195, 0.243503
Grid Ref TQ569434
Suburb Bidborough
Constituency Tunbridge Wells

House Prices

The average house price in St Lawrence Avenue is 100% higher than the rest of Tunbridge Wells. The last sale we have on record is 30 St Lawrence Avenue, that sold for £1,675,000. The average house price in Tunbridge Wells is £0 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in St Lawrence Avenue

Date No. Type Price
25/11/2022 30 Detached £1,675,000
29/09/2022 24 Detached £1,671,000
14/09/2022 10 Detached £1,400,000
30/06/2021 24 Detached £1,350,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in St Lawrence Avenue, Kent

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Kent Police in St Lawrence Avenue during May 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes St Lawrence Avenue and compared that to the average for the Speldhurst and Bidborough ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in St Lawrence Avenue, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Speldhurst and Bidborough ward

Social economic statistics for St Lawrence Avenue

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean St Lawrence Avenue is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean St Lawrence Avenue is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around St Lawrence Avenue experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around St Lawrence Avenue are in the top 10% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around St Lawrence Avenue involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in St Lawrence Avenue are in the top 10% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in St Lawrence Avenue are in the top 10% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of St Lawrence Avenue, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in St Lawrence Avenue are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for St Lawrence Avenue

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of St Lawrence Avenue.

Unemployment in St Lawrence Avenue

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
2.19% of St Lawrence Avenue residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in St Lawrence Avenue

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of St Lawrence Avenue. The proportion of retirees on St Lawrence Avenue is 8.05% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
26.65% of St Lawrence Avenue residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in St Lawrence Avenue

The proportion of home owners on St Lawrence Avenue is 29.61% higher than the national average of 62%. 6.99% of properties in St Lawrence Avenue are private rented and 0.7% are social rented.
91.61% of residents of St Lawrence Avenue own their home

Country of Birth of St Lawrence Avenue residents

The proportion if St Lawrence Avenue residents born in the UK is 11.12% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 6.23% of St Lawrence Avenue residents were born outside the UK.
93.77% of St Lawrence Avenue residents were born in the UK

St Lawrence Avenue Summary

With house prices in St Lawrence Avenue more than the average for Kent and very low levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very wealthy road. St Lawrence Avenue is the the top 10% of least income deprivated streets in England. St Lawrence Avenue has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in St Lawrence Avenue maybe difficult.

St Lawrence Avenue has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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