Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village of 2,388 in Kent, South East.
Eastry has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is safety (B+): 19 violent and sexual offences and 7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is jobs & income (C−): mean household income £55,794; 2.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £317,750 in the last three years, 6.1 times what households in the Dover council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Eastry does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Eastry is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Eastry’s built-up area.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Eastry. Best known first.
Historic houseGoodnestone Park4.7 km outside town, to the west
MuseumWhite Mill3 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumSandwich Guildhall Museum3 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumKent Mining Museum3.8 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteRichborough Fort4.5 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumRichborough Castle Museum4.4 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eastry.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 100% of Eastry’s land, above both Kent’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (7%). Eastry has 188 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Eastry’s listed buildings include Church of St Mary the Virgin, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastry Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 150 | C |
In the comparison, Eastry comes below both Kent’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). Owners make up 69% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £399,975 | 34 |
| Semi-detached | £315,000 | 41 |
| Terraced | £240,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Eastry, that is below both Kent’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (27%). For 23% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Police recorded 74 crimes inside Eastry’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 12 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 49% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Eastry sits above both Kent’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%) on this measure. Eastry has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.3 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Eastry | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.6% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
That puts Eastry above both Kent’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population. Eastry has a median age of 51.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Eastry | Kent | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Kent and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
8 notable people were born in Eastry.
John Harvey: Gilbert Stuart, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastry | 2,388 | — | — | C | B+ | C+ |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 2.1 | C− | C− | D | C+ |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 2.5 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 3.7 | — | C | B | C+ |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 4.2 | — | C− | A | B+ |
| Deal | 28,992 | 4.3 | D | C+ | C | C |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 4.7 | C− | B− | C | C− |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 5.1 | — | C− | B | C+ |
Eythorne, Wingham and Sibertswold have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 7.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary the Virgin.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Kent council.
Against all UK towns, it grades B+. Burglary was rare, with 1 report in the year.
Village in Kent, England
Eastry is a built-up area of 2,388 people, in the Dover council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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