Burton & Airport

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · South West · population 6,121 · 4 LSOAs

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

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,548 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 710 in South West
  • #22 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,224
Median age (est.)53
Density184per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 23%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Burton & Airport is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,548 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (77) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £417,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 80 sales), 24% above the wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median of £337,750. Typical household take-home income is around £38,605 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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.

Income 64 · #2,452
Employment 61 · #2,672
Education 55 · #3,083
Health 60 · #2,733
Crime 77 · #1,547
Housing & access 18 · #5,633
Living environment 68 · #2,226

House prices ?

£417,500median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£417,50080+7.1%+11.3%
Detached£507,50039-2.4%+16.7%
Semi-detached£388,75010-1.6%+38.8%
Terraced£300,00026-8.8%+12.8%
Flat£238,0005+32.2%+25.3%
This area£417,500
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£337,750
South West£310,000
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)£38,605±£5,421 · #3,840 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,681
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 258 offences
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole65
South West71
England83

Rank #1,425 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences120
Theft31
Burglary15
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons19
Drugs4
Robbery2
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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