Iford

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · South West · population 7,591 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,569 of 6,856 in England
  • #286 of 710 in South West
  • #23 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,600
Median age (est.)43
Density5,219per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Iford is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,569 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (69) and lowest on Living environment (49). Typical homes here sold for about £413,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 103 sales), 22% above the wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median of £337,750. Typical household take-home income is around £39,972 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 56 · #3,042
Employment 50 · #3,432
Education 69 · #2,151
Health 60 · #2,774
Crime 54 · #3,179
Housing & access 61 · #2,651
Living environment 49 · #3,480

House prices ?

£413,000median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£413,000103+8.3%+10.1%
Detached£500,00047+1.6%+11.7%
Semi-detached£416,75028+5.5%+13.4%
Terraced£199,0005-43.1%-39.2%
Flat£245,00023-10.1%+17.2%
This area£413,000
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)£39,972±£5,760 · #3,437 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,665
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 240 offences
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole65
South West71
England83

Rank #523 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences104
Theft23
Burglary16
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons22
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 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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