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Dover East

Middle area

South east Dover. 8,900 people in 12 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 Dover East’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£220,000
1,941st lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,352
2,956th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
63.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dover East compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price14 middle areas, Dover · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Dover14 areas from £200,000 to £435,000. The middle area is £298,750. Dover East is £220,000.
£220,0003rd lowest
Population14 middle areas, Dover · 2021
Population: every middle area in Dover14 areas from 6,054 to 13,604. The middle area is 8,034. Dover East is 8,352.
8,3527th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage14 middle areas, Dover · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Dover14 areas from 48.4% to 94.9%. The middle area is 82.6%. Dover East is 63.9%.
63.9%3rd lowest
Claimant rate14 middle areas, Dover · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Dover14 areas from 1.6% to 6.5%. The middle area is 2.7%. Dover East is 5.8%.
5.8%2nd highest

Figures for the whole of Dover

These figures are published for the whole of Dover, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Dover and not Dover East alone. See Dover

Average house price
£277,750
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,142
133rd highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.9×
155th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.9
81st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dover East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Dover East was £220,000 in 2025.

Dover East had 8,352 usual residents at the census.

In Dover East, 63.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dover East, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.