Property market
The five-year median is £328,750 from 3,581 recorded sales in CT6. 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.
CT6
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,395
- Current units
- 1,068
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 327
Postcode sectors in CT6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
25,761 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 79, Hampton Pier Avenue, Herne Bay, CT6 8DY | 17 July 2026 | £377,000 |
| 29, The Fairway, Greenhill, Herne Bay, CT6 7TW | 17 July 2026 | £470,000 |
| 5, Laura Villas, Herne Bay, CT6 8TW | 17 July 2026 | £375,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,208
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,257
- Anti social behaviour 482
- Shoplifting 350
- Criminal damage and arson 308
- Other theft 205
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CT6 usual residents
- 40,490
- Age-profile population
- 40,443
Age bands in CT6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- 6,247 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 4,132 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.6%
- 8,320 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- 10,996 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 26.6%
- 10,748 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 1,041 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
- 0%
In this district, 998 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 851 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 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
2
in this district
PARK SURGERY
116 KINGS ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5RE
ODS code G82119
THE HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE
HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE, 161 STATION ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5NF
ODS code G82090
Evidence in context
Schools
9 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
3,208 published events cover 12 months, averaging 267 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,257 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.