Margate

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 10° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:23

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

596 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences216
• Anti-social behaviour174
• Criminal damage & arson44
• Drugs35

70 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Margate Central · Kent

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

273 reported road collisions (2025)

82 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 490 rated 4–5 ★ (469 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Margate (1.1 km)
• 66 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£268,549 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Thanet · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,118 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £773
• 2 bed £1,004
• 3 bed £1,229

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,962 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Market Street Car Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches36
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Leader’s response to government decision to grant the Development Consent Order for the Sea Link development· 31 Oct 2026
• Advice issued against bathing at seven of Thanet’s beaches· 19 Oct 2026
• £3.6m investment unveiled to restore historic Margate Museum and Old Town Hall· 15 Oct 2026
• A ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ for community-led vision at Jackey Bakers in Ramsgate· 14 Oct 2026
• Updated statement: Proposals for Pierremont Park to be considered by the Cabinet· 12 Oct 2026

Source: Thanet Council

140,587 residents in Thanet · 1,357/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,293
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,512
• Net moves+1,781

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 32 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 69,980)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

57 schools · 19,849 pupils

31 primary · 7 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

44 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thanet

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• Not in the Green Belt
• 250 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

175 applications decided

94.9% granted · 166 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ms Polly Billington

Labour

East Thanet

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• Con 13
• Grn 6
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens42
• Restaurants & cafés166

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

177 jobs advertised · £40,589 avg

e.g. Field Sales Representative, Graduate Town Planner, Registered Veterinary Nurse

Source: Adzuna

£721 median full-time weekly pay

5.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,665 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,604 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

237 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CT9

• The Limes Medical Centre
• Northdown & Dashwood Surgery
• Bethesda Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Thanet:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent410 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects344 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND310 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks272 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases271 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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