Property market
The five-year median is £400,000 from 2,794 recorded sales in CT5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Canterbury is £338,030 in June 2026, up 3.3% year on year.
CT5
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,340
- Current units
- 992
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 348
Postcode sectors in CT5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,496 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 13, Essex Street, Whitstable, CT5 4HW | 30 July 2026 | £300,000 |
| 29, Highgate Road, Whitstable, CT5 3HH | 22 July 2026 | £260,000 |
| 13, The Bridge Approach, Whitstable, CT5 1RA | 21 July 2026 | £485,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,760
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 873
- Shoplifting 631
- Anti social behaviour 355
- Criminal damage and arson 230
- Other theft 176
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CT5 usual residents
- 33,165
- Age-profile population
- 33,259
Age bands in CT5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.4%
- 4,788 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9%
- 2,993 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.1%
- 6,033 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.6%
- 9,856 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 28.8%
- 9,589 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 970 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 80%
In this district, 922 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 654 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 3 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
WHITSTABLE MEDICAL PRACTICE
ESTUARY VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE, ESTUARY VIEW BUSINESS PARK, BOORMAN WAY, WHITSTABLE, CT5 3SE
ODS code G82071
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,760 published events cover 12 months, averaging 230 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 873 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.