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Dover West

Middle area

South Dover. 9,182 people in 4.7 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 West’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£200,000
1,479th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,157
1,952nd highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dover West compares

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

Dover WestMiddle
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 West is £200,000.
£200,000lowest
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 West is 9,157.
9,1574th 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 West is 84.5%.
84.5%6th highest
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 West is 6.5%.
6.5%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 West 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 West in brief

The median price paid for a home in Dover West was £200,000 in 2025.

Dover West had 9,157 usual residents at the census.

In Dover West, 84.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dover West, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.