Housing in ME14 1UL
What the homes in ME14 1UL are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Ringlestone & Central Maidstone
- Council
- Maidstone
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,978 (2024)
ME14 1ULMaidstone
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (41.6%). Flats make up 50.3%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
39.3% of households in the ME14 1UL area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 34.3% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 19.6% own outright and 19.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned39.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented34.3%20.5%
- Social rented25.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 39.9% 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 (26.5%). 25% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Maidstone
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Maidstone (August 2026, +3% 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 ME14 1UL (Ringlestone & Central Maidstone) (about 1,978 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.