Vigo Village’s story
No listed buildings inside Vigo Village’s built-up area
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Vigo VillageKent
On the way to work, 10% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The village has 2,005 residents and lies in Kent, South East.
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Photo: Brian Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
2,005
Census 2021 · Gravesham council
Median home
£363K
77 sales in 3 years
Median age
42.9
20% are 65+ · Kent 19%
Degree level
28%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
10%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Vigo Village a good place to live?
Vigo Village’s standout strength is jobs & income: mean household income £65,196; 1.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Health is a strength too: life expectancy 81.9 for men, 86.1 for women. Housing is expensive: the median home sold for £362,500, 6.4 years of area income. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency. Vigo Village is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
What makes Vigo Village stand out
The 3 things Vigo Village does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
10% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Rent against income, UK towns
Renting
£1,336 a month
Average private rent, 28% of what households in the area earn: more than in 92% of UK towns
ONS private rents, Gravesham council area.
Own outright
Housing
44% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (England’s towns 32%)
How Vigo Village grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Vigo Village is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Vigo Village is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesDOpen →Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work beat most townsA−Open →WalkabilityBelow the middle of the towns comparedCOpen →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areB+Open →SchoolsPrimary results beat 62% of towns in EnglandB+Open →SafetyNear typical for the towns comparedBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History0 listed buildingsD−Open →Outdoors100% live within 400 m of a park; 44% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeA+Open →Civic life1 local charities per 1,000 residents; 100% live within 1 km of a libraryBOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vigo Village.
History
Vigo Village has fewer old homes than Kent’s towns or England’s towns: 1% built before 1919
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list has no building inside Vigo Village’s built-up area.
0listed buildingsD−History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II0
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
1%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
0
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
SchoolsB+
School results in Vigo Village are better than in 65% of towns in England
The one school in town appears below. At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, 64% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town’s primary school has 134 pupils.
B+School Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vigo Village SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 134 | B+ |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
HousingCost of living grade D
More households own their home in Vigo Village than in Kent’s towns or across England’s towns: 90%
9% of households rent privately. The £362,500 median rests on 77 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £1,336 a month across the Gravesham council area.
£363Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Vigo Village£363K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £650,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £350,000 | 61 |
90%
of households own their home · England 61%
9%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,336
average private rent a month, Gravesham council area
£2,606
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
Commuters in Vigo Village travel far: only 15% go under 5 km, fewer than in Kent’s towns or England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 0.2. 88% of commuters drove, above both Kent’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%).
10%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving88%
On foot4%
Train3%
Bus2%
Bicycle1%
15%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
£65K
mean household income, before tax
1.4%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C
Walkability: more walkable than 25% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
86% of people in Vigo Village say their health is good or very good, more than in Kent’s towns or across England’s towns
Seeing a GP means leaving Vigo Village: the nearest practice is 2.7 miles away. 4.1% of residents report bad or very bad health. The nearest A&E to Vigo Village is Maidstone Hospital, 6.6 miles away.
86%good or very good healthB+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 86%Fair 10%Bad or very bad 4%
| Census 2021 | Vigo Village | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
81.9
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
86.1
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Safety
Homes in Vigo Village see more burglary and damage than in Kent’s towns or England’s towns: 13.6 per 1,000 a year
Violent crime comes to 16.3 per 1,000 residents a year. 65 crimes and 18 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Vigo Village’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. 52% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
16.3violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 35% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual34
Damage & arson11
Other theft6
Vehicle crime6
Other crime5
Public order1
Burglary1
Drugs1
Anti-social18
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.
16.3
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
13.6
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.3
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
65
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Vigo Village than in Kent’s towns or across England’s towns: 28% of adults
The median resident of Vigo Village is 42.9 years old. Retirement age and beyond: a fifth of residents are 65 or older. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with Kent’s towns (11%) and below England’s towns (12%).
42.9median age
Vigo VillageKentEngland
Ages · share of residents
20%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications12%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar21%
Degree level28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Vigo Village | Kent | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Kent and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Coldrum Long Barrow and 4 more in and around Vigo Village
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Vigo Village. Best known first.
Museum · National TrustColdrum Long Barrow1 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleLeybourne Castle4.7 km outside town, to the southeastZooZooHemsley Conservation Centre100 m outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumKent Firefighting Museum3.6 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionQuintain4.4 km outside town, to the southPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Coldrum Long Barrow: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leybourne Castle: Glen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Vigo Village
14pages on Vigo Village
The big questions
SafetyB16.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingDMedian home £363K · rent £1,336 a monthHousing21 sold in 12 months · busiest street HighviewSchoolsB+1 state schoolHealthB+Life expectancy 81.9 (men), 86.1 (women)Work & commuteA−53% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Vigo Village’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Culverstone GreenWrothamWest MallingMeophamSnodlandBorough GreenHallingVigo Village
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | — | — | D | B | B+ |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 0.6 | — | D− | A | B+ |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 2.7 | — | C− | C | A− |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 3.1 | B | C+ | C | A− |
| Meopham | 4,349 | 3.2 | B | D | B | A− |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 3.4 | C− | B | C− | C |
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 3.5 | B− | C | B− | A− |
| Halling | 2,926 | 4 | C+ | C− | B | B− |
Culverstone Green and Wrotham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Vigo Village
Is Vigo Village expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £362,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £350,000 and detached houses £650,000.
Does Vigo Village flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
How much is council tax in Vigo Village?
Band D council tax in Vigo Village is £2,606 for 2026–27, more than in 87% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About Vigo Village
Village in Kent, England
Vigo Village is a built-up area of 2,005 people, in the Gravesham 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
- Population
- 2,005 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Gravesham
- County
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
- ONS code
- E63005310
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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