South Ham & West Ham

Basingstoke and Deane · South East · population 7,958 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,879 of 6,856 in England
  • #972 of 1,119 in South East
  • #22 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,844
Median age (est.)40
Density3,661per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 39%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 8%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 8%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 43% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

South Ham & West Ham is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,879 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Crime (12). Typical homes here sold for about £316,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 80 sales), 16% below the wider Basingstoke and Deane median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,341 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 104 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 28 · #4,920
Employment 26 · #5,078
Education 14 · #5,907
Health 28 · #4,913
Crime 12 · #6,017
Housing & access 74 · #1,787
Living environment 93 · #498

House prices ?

£316,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£316,00080-1.2%+19.2%
Detached£447,50014+4.7%+11.9%
Semi-detached£342,60020+1.4%+20.2%
Terraced£300,00042+3.4%+16.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£316,000
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)£36,341±£5,083 · #4,586 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,065
Price-to-income ?8.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

104 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 832 offences
Basingstoke and Deane62
South East71
England83

Rank #5,063 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences414
Theft111
Burglary65
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons94
Drugs29
Robbery12
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 111 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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