Maidstone: local statistics
Maidstone is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 191,415 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Maidstone, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Maidstone had an estimated 191,415 residents in mid-2025, up 1.2% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 16.6%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, the 4th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The ONS counted 9,355 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Maidstone in March 2026, 14% more than in 2016. There are 49 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (34th highest).
In August 2026, 3,980 people in Maidstone were on the claimant count, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.1% in the South East. A year earlier the rate was 3.1%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.7% (May 2023) and 4.1% (August 2021).
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 82.8% of Maidstone residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 5.5 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.2% to 84.2%.
A typical home in Maidstone cost £352,722 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a fall of 0.1% in twelve months. That is mid-table in the South East, 38th of 64 (regional average £380,878). Since July 2016 prices have risen 23%; the July high in the series was £352,978 in 2025. The average price is 9.2 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Maidstone. That ratio is mid-table in the South East, 34th of 64.
Life expectancy at birth in Maidstone is 83.9 years for women and 80.3 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.5 years for women and +0.0 for men. It is 41st of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest for women.
Full-time employees living in Maidstone earned a median £774.10 a week in April 2025, or £38,191 over a year. That is 5.0% below the figure for the South East and the 40th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. For full-time jobs located in Maidstone the median is £704.20 a week (−£69.90 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £558.20: a change of +39% before inflation.
A Band D home in Maidstone pays an average of £2,502.59 in council tax in 2026-27, up £98.81 on 2025-26. It is mid-table in the South East, 29th of 64. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,623.97.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Maidstone on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Kent police force area: 154,163 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 7,888 fewer than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 164,112 |
| 2016 | 165,953 |
| 2017 | 168,115 |
| 2018 | 169,974 |
| 2019 | 171,816 |
| 2020 | 173,272 |
| 2021 | 176,697 |
| 2022 | 180,981 |
| 2023 | 185,674 |
| 2024 | 189,189 |
| 2025 | 191,415 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £287,342 |
| July 2017 | £307,821 |
| July 2018 | £315,324 |
| July 2019 | £306,400 |
| July 2020 | £309,443 |
| July 2021 | £317,853 |
| July 2022 | £352,168 |
| July 2023 | £347,959 |
| July 2024 | £339,956 |
| July 2025 | £352,978 |
| July 2026 | £352,722 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £558.20 a week |
| 2016 | £545.10 a week |
| 2017 | £562.90 a week |
| 2018 | £589.20 a week |
| 2019 | £596.60 a week |
| 2020 | £579.00 a week |
| 2021 | £629.10 a week |
| 2022 | £617.60 a week |
| 2023 | £672.30 a week |
| 2024 | £693.20 a week |
| 2025 | £774.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,623.97 |
| 2017-18 | £1,682.96 |
| 2018-19 | £1,764.97 |
| 2019-20 | £1,862.00 |
| 2020-21 | £1,932.91 |
| 2021-22 | £2,023.88 |
| 2022-23 | £2,085.09 |
| 2023-24 | £2,189.62 |
| 2024-25 | £2,292.93 |
| 2025-26 | £2,403.78 |
| 2026-27 | £2,502.59 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.7% |
| 2016/17 | 73.2% |
| 2017/18 | 76.7% |
| 2018/19 | 82.8% |
| 2019/20 | 84.2% |
| 2020/21 | 78.7% |
| 2021/22 | 80.5% |
| 2022/23 | 78.6% |
| 2023/24 | 74.9% |
| 2024/25 | 80.0% |
| 2025/26 | 82.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,230 |
| 2017 | 8,350 |
| 2018 | 8,475 |
| 2019 | 8,665 |
| 2020 | 8,830 |
| 2021 | 9,170 |
| 2022 | 9,475 |
| 2023 | 9,110 |
| 2024 | 9,050 |
| 2025 | 9,135 |
| 2026 | 9,355 |
Questions about Maidstone
What is the population of Maidstone?
The ONS estimates 191,415 people lived in Maidstone in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Maidstone?
3,980 in August 2026 (3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average house price in Maidstone?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £352,722.
What is life expectancy in Maidstone?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.3 years for men and 83.9 for women.
What is the average salary in Maidstone?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Maidstone was £774.10 a week in April 2025 (£38,191 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Maidstone?
£2,502.59 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Maidstone
Every body that makes decisions for Maidstone, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Maidstone council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Maidstone in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Faversham and Mid Kent: Helen Whately (Conservative) MP
- Maidstone and Malling: Helen Grant (Conservative) MP
- Weald of Kent: Katie Lam (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole Kent police force area, not just Maidstone, because the Home Office tables do not give Maidstone on its own for recent years. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK population · UK unemployment rate · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Arun · Basingstoke and Deane · Cherwell · New Forest · Reading · Wokingham
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