Rossmore

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · South West · population 10,416 · 6 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,605 of 6,856 in England
  • #587 of 710 in South West
  • #41 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,403
Median age (est.)40
Density3,907per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 19%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 14% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure14%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary13%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Rossmore is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,605 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #41 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (87) but weak on Education (19). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 106 sales), 10% below the wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median of £337,750. Typical household take-home income is around £35,262 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 29 · #4,893
Employment 28 · #4,934
Education 19 · #5,544
Health 38 · #4,248
Crime 25 · #5,167
Housing & access 66 · #2,308
Living environment 87 · #889

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000106-1.6%+14.2%
Detached£355,00041+10.9%+23.5%
Semi-detached£310,00033-0.2%+16.5%
Terraced£243,00021-13.2%+2.5%
Flat£160,00011-10.1%+5.2%
This area£305,000
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)£35,262±£4,970 · #4,946 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,377
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 690 offences
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole65
South West71
England83

Rank #3,290 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences340
Theft176
Burglary15
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons34
Drugs7
Robbery7
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 179 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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