Viables

Basingstoke and Deane · South East · population 8,218 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #581 of 6,856 in England
  • #188 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,123
Median age (est.)42
Density3,187per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above30%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 9%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Viables is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #581 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 22 in Basingstoke and Deane. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (93) and lowest on Education (66). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 105 sales), 11% below the wider Basingstoke and Deane median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,015 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 83 · #1,184
Employment 86 · #937
Education 66 · #2,322
Health 80 · #1,383
Crime 84 · #1,115
Housing & access 71 · #2,000
Living environment 93 · #492

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,000105+2.3%+13.4%
Detached£605,5509+16.5%+8.1%
Semi-detached£390,00039+2.6%+19.5%
Terraced£319,50036+3.1%+29.9%
Flat£205,00021+7.9%+37.4%
This area£335,000
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)£44,015±£6,169 · #2,316 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,219
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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 476 offences
Basingstoke and Deane62
South East71
England83

Rank #2,705 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences226
Theft52
Burglary17
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons54
Drugs40
Robbery6
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 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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