Buckland & St Radigunds
Dover 011 · 8 sub-areas · 13,598 residents
Dover 011 is a sizeable neighbourhood within the Dover district in the South East, home to around 13,600 people. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £896 a month — noticeably below the national two-bed median of around £1,200, making it one of the more affordable corners of the South East. The area carries a high social-rented share and relatively modest graduate levels compared with the wider region.
Buckland & St Radigunds is a settled residential pocket of Dover. The bigger gravitational centre is London, around 87 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Overview
What's it like to live in Buckland & St Radigunds?
Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £962 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 8 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Buckland & St Radigunds in Dover
Living in Buckland & St Radigunds
Dover 011 sits within the Dover district and has a distinctly working-class, community-rooted character that sets it apart from the commuter-belt towns further west in the South East. Around three in ten households rent from the council or a housing association — a social-housing concentration well above the regional norm — which shapes the neighbourhood's settled, unpretentious feel.
For renters, the cost picture is genuinely competitive. A one-bedroom home runs around £686 a month, a two-bedroom around £896, and a three-bedroom around £1,098. Those figures sit meaningfully below what you'd pay in most of the South East, and even further below London rates. The median home sale price of around £199,000 also means the deposit hurdle is relatively low — roughly three years' savings on a typical local salary.
The people who live here skew younger than you might expect: around one in four residents is under 18, and nearly a quarter are aged 18–34. Couples with children make up about one in five households. Ethnic diversity is low — around 91% of residents were UK-born — and the degree-holder share of roughly 18% is well below the South East average, reflecting a workforce anchored in practical and public-sector roles rather than professional services.
Practically speaking, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.5 km away — about an 18-minute walk — connecting to a public-transport journey to London of just under 96 minutes. That's a long commute for daily use, and the area has a low public-transport mode share: over 60% of residents drive to work. Broadband infrastructure is excellent, with full gigabit coverage across the neighbourhood. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific pockets.
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Frequently asked
- Is Dover 011 a nice place to live?
- It depends on your priorities. Dover 011 is affordable and has a settled, community feel, with a large share of families and long-term residents. The trade-off is a high crime rate relative to the national average, below-average school Ofsted ratings nearby, and a slow rail link to London. If cost and space matter more than connectivity and inspection scores, it can work well.
- What is the rent in Dover 011?
- A one-bedroom home averages around £686 a month, a two-bedroom around £896, and a three-bedroom around £1,098. These are estimates scaled from district-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose about 5.4% over the past year but remain well below the national two-bed median of around £1,200.
- Is Dover 011 safe?
- The crime rate is around 120 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — noticeably above the UK average of roughly 80. The area sits in the second-lowest deprivation decile nationally, which tends to correlate with higher volume crime. It's worth checking the police street-level map for specific streets before you commit.
- What's the commute from Dover 011 to London?
- The rail journey to London takes just under 96 minutes. The nearest mainline station is roughly 1.5 km away — about an 18-minute walk. Most residents drive rather than commute by rail, and only around 6% use public transport. It's a long haul for daily London commuters.
- Who lives in Dover 011?
- Mostly families and younger residents — around a quarter are under 18 and nearly another quarter are aged 18–34. About 30% of homes are socially rented, which is high for the South East. Degree-holder levels are below the regional average, and the workforce leans toward public-sector and service-sector roles.
- What schools are near Dover 011?
- There are 124 schools within 2 km of typical residents, but only around 20% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national figure of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is around 7.7 km away. Families with school-age children should research individual catchment areas carefully before choosing a home here.
- How affordable is buying a home in Dover 011?
- More accessible than most of the South East. The median sale price is around £199,200, and on a typical local salary you'd accumulate a deposit in roughly three years. That's a relatively short runway by South East standards, though mortgage affordability still depends on lender criteria and income.