Throop & Muscliffe

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · South West · population 9,472 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,226 of 6,856 in England
  • #234 of 710 in South West
  • #18 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,430
Median age (est.)40
Density2,995per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above29%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 7%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 7%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Throop & Muscliffe is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,226 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 48 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (90) and lowest on Income (49). Typical homes here sold for about £345,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 123 sales), in line with the wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median of £337,750. Typical household take-home income is around £41,880 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 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 49 · #3,501
Employment 53 · #3,206
Education 66 · #2,301
Health 50 · #3,432
Crime 71 · #1,979
Housing & access 63 · #2,548
Living environment 90 · #649

House prices ?

£345,000median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£345,000123-2.8%+11.3%
Detached£452,50044+2.3%+18.5%
Semi-detached£345,000300.0%+19.0%
Terraced£290,50040-6.3%+10.7%
Flat£200,0009+9.6%+21.6%
This area£345,000
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)£41,880±£5,925 · #2,884 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,537
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 357 offences
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole65
South West71
England83

Rank #1,047 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences181
Theft57
Burglary25
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons21
Drugs5
Robbery4
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 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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