Old Basing & the Candovers
Basingstoke and Deane · South East · population 8,044 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #1,211 of 6,856 in England
- #346 of 1,119 in South East
- #9 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane
- Least deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 23% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 14%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 23% |
| Managers & directors | 22% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 10% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Caring & leisure | 7% |
| Elementary | 6% |
| Sales & customer service | 5% |
| Process & plant | 3% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Hindu 1%
Born outside the UK: 9%
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
Old Basing & the Candovers is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,211 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (93) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £575,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 83 sales), 53% above the wider Basingstoke and Deane median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,296 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £575,000 | 83 | -3.0% | +8.5% |
| Detached | £705,000 | 46 | -3.4% | -10.8% |
| Semi-detached | £497,500 | 16 | -4.3% | +19.9% |
| Terraced | £425,000 | 16 | +9.0% | +26.9% |
| Flat | £212,500 | 5 | +5.7% | +12.4% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #5,312 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #372 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 116 |
| Theft | 24 |
| Burglary | 20 |
| Vehicle crime | 14 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 27 |
| Public order & weapons | 28 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 40 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Basingstoke and Deane
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Egham TownRunnymede82£500,000
- Towcester West & BlakesleyWest Northamptonshire82£385,000
- Carterton SouthWest Oxfordshire82£335,000
- Midsomer Norton NorthBath and North East Somerset82£310,000
- Kingshill & OkusSwindon82£287,000
- HumberstonNorth East Lincolnshire82£220,000