Brighton Hill

Basingstoke and Deane · South East · population 7,345 · 5 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,474 of 6,856 in England
  • #780 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,447
Median age (est.)38
Density4,694per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above26%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 30%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Brighton Hill sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,474 of 6,856 in England, and #19 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (97) but weak on Education (36). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 90 sales), 19% below the wider Basingstoke and Deane median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,247 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,981
Employment 44 · #3,851
Education 36 · #4,420
Health 41 · #4,022
Crime 43 · #3,926
Housing & access 63 · #2,514
Living environment 97 · #231

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,00090+3.8%+18.0%
Detached£490,0006+14.8%+24.1%
Semi-detached£350,00015-2.8%+29.6%
Terraced£300,00055+3.4%+20.0%
Flat£161,62514+7.8%-2.0%
This area£305,000
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)£40,247±£5,598 · #3,342 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,470
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 431 offences
Basingstoke and Deane62
South East71
England83

Rank #2,777 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences249
Theft35
Burglary14
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons58
Drugs5
Robbery3
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 83 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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