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This town in Kent, South East has a population of 8,758.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Schools lag (C−): primary results beat 28% of towns in England; secondary results beat 19% of towns in England. Overall, Hoo St Werburgh earns a D, better than 5% of UK towns. Its place in the ranking is #79 of 87 in Kent. Homes sell for a median £346,500, about 6.2 years of what households in the Medway council area earn. Hazards are a real consideration (D): 4.7% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The 2 things Hoo St Werburgh 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 Hoo St Werburgh is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Hoo St Werburgh’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
4% 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 Hoo St Werburgh. Best known first.
CathedralRochester Cathedral4.3 km outside town, to the southwest
Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle4.2 km outside town, to the southwest
Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle1.7 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic shipHMS Cavalier2.8 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic shipHMS Gannet2.7 km outside town, to the southwest
FortCockham Wood Fort300 m outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hoo St Werburgh.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. The median resident of Hoo St Werburgh is 40.5 years old. Children are 19% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Hoo St Werburgh | Kent | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 21% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Kent and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 42.3, with 35% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Both of its schools are shown below. Hoo St Werburgh’s one primary and one secondary have 2,375 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the MarlboroughLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 546 | C− |
| Leigh Academy Hundred of HooLargest secondary schoolAll-through | All-through | 1,829 | C |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Hoo St Werburgh counts 7 listed buildings. The town’s listed buildings include the Church of St Werburgh, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 4% of the total, lower than both Kent’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 17.2 reports per 1,000, higher than both Kent’s towns (9.3) and England’s towns (7.8). Hoo St Werburgh logged 441 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 175 complaints of anti-social conduct. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Hoo St Werburgh has more crime per resident than four fifths of them. Violence and sexual offences accounted for nearly three fifths of recorded 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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Owners make up just over three quarters of households, above Kent’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Half of the 366 standard sales inside Hoo St Werburgh’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £346,500.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £449,750 | 82 |
| Semi-detached | £355,000 | 168 |
| Terraced | £315,000 | 89 |
| Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | 27 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 64% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Hoo St Werburgh is Medway Maritime Hospital, 3.1 miles away. 17% of residents in Hoo St Werburgh live with a disability.
| Census 2021 | Hoo St Werburgh | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
27% of commuters travelled under 5 km, lower than both Kent’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). The car carried 86% of commuters at the census. Work in town: 7% of resident commuters. In 2026, 3.5% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
6 listed buildings in Hoo St Werburgh, 1 of them Grade I.
The Chequer's Public House: Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Meadow House: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoo St Werburgh | 8,758 | — | D | C− | C− | C |
| Chattenden | 2,417 | 1.2 | — | C− | D | C+ |
| High Halstow | 1,823 | 1.9 | — | D | A | B− |
| Cliffe Woods | 2,689 | 2.7 | B | D | A | B |
| Gillingham | 108,485 | 3.5 | C− | C+ | D | C− |
| Cliffe | 2,531 | 3.6 | B− | C | B− | B− |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 3.8 | C | C+ | D | C− |
| Higham | 2,642 | 4.4 | B− | D | B− | A− |
Chattenden and High Halstow have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
At the 2021 Census, 9.2% of Hoo St Werburgh’s 8,758 residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results trail 81% of towns in England, and primary results trail 72% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Hoo St Werburgh has 2 state schools; places are handled by Medway council.
Burglary was rare, with 6 reports in the year.
Town in Kent, England
Hoo St Werburgh is a built-up area of 8,758 people, in the Medway 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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