Parkwood & Senacre
Maidstone 013 · 8 sub-areas · 12,473 residents
Maidstone 013 is a predominantly residential part of Maidstone, home to around 12,500 people and notable for an unusually high share of social housing. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for around £1,180 a month — close to the UK median — though rents have been rising, up around 4% over the past year. The area sits firmly in the more affordable half of the town.
Parkwood & Senacre is a green, lower-density part of Maidstone — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Overview
What's it like to live in Parkwood & Senacre?
Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; there's effectively nothing within walking distance — eating out, drinking and shopping mean a drive; 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 £1,282 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.
Parkwood & Senacre in Maidstone
Living in Parkwood & Senacre
This part of Maidstone has a distinctly settled, community feel — a high proportion of residents are long-term locals rather than the transient professional renters you'd find closer to the town centre. With nearly half of all homes in social housing, it's one of the more socially mixed pockets of the borough, and that shapes the character of the streets: quieter, more family-oriented, less driven by the churn of the rental market.
On cost, it's competitive without being rock-bottom. A two-bedroom home runs around £1,180 a month, broadly in line with the UK median for a two-bed, though a one-bedroom starts closer to £910 and a three-bedroom climbs to around £1,440. Council tax at Band D comes to roughly £2,500 a year. The median house sale price here sits around £301,000 — and for those saving for a deposit, the figures suggest it takes roughly four and a half years to build one on a local salary, which is relatively manageable by South East standards.
Families make up a meaningful share of the population — around one in five households is a couple with children, and over a quarter of residents are under 18. That shapes what you get from the neighbourhood: it's not a place built around bars and late-night eating, but green space is close, with the nearest accessible greenspace just over 300 metres away on average, and more than half of residents within easy walking distance of open space.
The rail station is roughly 3.5 km away, so most residents drive; two-thirds of commuters do. Public transport use is low at around 6%. The rail commute to London takes just over 100 minutes by public transport. Working from home is a significant option for about one in six residents. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific pockets within this part of Maidstone.
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Frequently asked
- Is Maidstone 013 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're looking for. It's a quiet, family-oriented part of Maidstone with good green space access and affordable rents close to the UK median. The trade-off is higher-than-average crime rates, below-average school quality in the immediate area, and a heavy reliance on the car to get around.
- What is the rent in Maidstone 013?
- A one-bedroom home runs around £910 a month, a two-bedroom around £1,180, and a three-bedroom around £1,440. Rents are estimated by scaling council-level data using local sale prices. They've risen about 4% over the past year, so expect those figures to drift upward.
- Is Maidstone 013 safe?
- Crime runs at around 133 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — noticeably above the UK national rate of roughly 80. The area also sits in the bottom quarter of English neighbourhoods on the deprivation index, which tends to correlate with higher crime. It's not a dramatic safety concern, but it's worth factoring in.
- What's the commute from Maidstone 013 to London?
- By public transport, the journey to London takes just over 100 minutes. The nearest mainline rail station is around 3.5 km away as the crow flies, so most residents drive to it or commute by car entirely — about two-thirds of residents use a car to get to work.
- Who lives in Maidstone 013?
- Mainly families and long-term residents. Nearly half of homes are social housing, the under-18 share is high at over 27%, and around one in five households is a couple with children. It's one of the more settled, less transient parts of Maidstone, with a small private rental sector of only about 8%.
- What schools are near Maidstone 013?
- There are 89 schools within 2 km of typical residents, so choice in terms of numbers isn't the issue. Around 37% are rated Good or Outstanding — well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 1 km away, or roughly a 13-minute walk.
- How affordable is buying a home in Maidstone 013?
- The median sale price here is around £301,000. On a typical local salary of around £34,000 a year, it takes roughly four and a half years to save a deposit — tighter than most of the North but more achievable than many parts of the South East.