Property market
The five-year median is £270,000 from 792 recorded sales in CT8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Thanet is £268,760 in June 2026, up 0.9% year on year.
CT8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 267
- Current units
- 217
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 50
Postcode sectors in CT8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
5,792 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Flat 5, Adrian Square, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8SU | 10 July 2026 | £164,000 |
| 129, Linksfield Road, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8HQ | 10 July 2026 | £290,000 |
| 57a, Guildford Avenue, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8NE | 3 July 2026 | £135,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 569
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 286
- Anti social behaviour 76
- Criminal damage and arson 52
- Other theft 46
- Public order 24
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CT8 usual residents
- 7,903
- Age-profile population
- 7,876
Age bands in CT8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.9%
- 1,171 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- 732 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.7%
- 1,784 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- 2,087 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 26.7%
- 2,102 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 215 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
- 50%
In this district, 209 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 160 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 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
WESTGATE SURGERY
60 WESTGATE BAY AVENUE, WESTGATE-ON-SEA, CT8 8SN
ODS code G82079
Evidence in context
Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
569 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 286 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.