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Margate Town

Middle area

North east Thanet. 7,945 people in 1.3 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 Margate Town’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£229,475
2,186th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,994
3,566th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
82.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Margate Town compares

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Median sale price17 middle areas, Thanet · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Thanet17 areas from £183,500 to £400,000. The middle area is £273,000. Margate Town is £229,475.
£229,4752nd lowest
Population17 middle areas, Thanet · 2021
Population: every middle area in Thanet17 areas from 7,064 to 10,633. The middle area is 8,055. Margate Town is 7,994.
7,9947th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage17 middle areas, Thanet · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Thanet17 areas from 58.0% to 94.9%. The middle area is 82.9%. Margate Town is 82.9%.
82.9%9th highest
Claimant rate17 middle areas, Thanet · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Thanet17 areas from 2.7% to 8.6%. The middle area is 4.5%. Margate Town is 7.9%.
7.9%3rd highest

Figures for the whole of Thanet

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

Average house price
£269,708
Up 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,775
88th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.5×
161st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.0
26th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Margate Town in brief

The median price paid for a home in Margate Town was £229,475 in 2025.

Margate Town had 7,994 usual residents at the census.

In Margate Town, 82.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Margate Town, 7.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.