Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop

Basingstoke and Deane · South East · population 7,904 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,685 of 6,856 in England
  • #642 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,888
Median age (est.)37
Density3,143per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 38%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 17%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 7%Other: 12%
One person 40%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 7%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 14%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 78%Asian 14%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 38% · Hindu 7%

Born outside the UK: 29%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,685 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (65) and lowest on Crime (33). Typical homes here sold for about £284,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 110 sales), 24% below the wider Basingstoke and Deane median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,820 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 176 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 60 · #2,713
Employment 62 · #2,630
Education 49 · #3,508
Health 44 · #3,844
Crime 33 · #4,577
Housing & access 64 · #2,473
Living environment 65 · #2,418

House prices ?

£284,500median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£284,500110+3.0%+23.7%
Detached£485,00050.0%+27.6%
Semi-detached£344,00015-7.0%+25.1%
Terraced£302,50040+4.8%+18.6%
Flat£177,00050+1.1%-1.7%
This area£284,500
Basingstoke and Deane£375,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,820±£5,735 · #3,169 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,177
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

176 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,391 offences
Basingstoke and Deane62
South East71
England83

Rank #6,077 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences608
Theft338
Burglary37
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson119
Public order & weapons154
Drugs67
Robbery24
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 237 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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