Housing in CT16 1SU
What the homes in CT16 1SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Dover East
- Council
- Dover
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,135 (2024)
CT16 1SUDover
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (38.6%). Flats make up 66.6%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
52.8% of households in the CT16 1SU area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 43.6% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 36.5% own outright and 16.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned52.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented43.6%20.5%
- Social rented3.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 49.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (28.9%). 11.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Dover
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Dover (August 2026, +8.6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around CT16 1SU (Dover East) (about 1,135 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.