East Verwood

Dorset · South West · population 7,688 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #684 of 6,856 in England
  • #49 of 710 in South West
  • #4 of 48 in Dorset
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,684
Median age (est.)48
Density1,206per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above29%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 3%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

East Verwood is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #684 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £387,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 128 sales), 12% above the wider Dorset median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,370 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 18 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 92 · #526
Employment 86 · #951
Education 68 · #2,212
Health 81 · #1,294
Crime 92 · #574
Housing & access 27 · #5,030
Living environment 100 · #19

House prices ?

£387,500median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£387,500128-1.9%+15.7%
Detached£445,00075-1.1%+15.6%
Semi-detached£350,00019+17.8%+18.8%
Terraced£270,00031-6.9%+16.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£387,500
Dorset£345,000
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)£43,370±£6,075 · #2,481 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,754
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

18 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 141 offences
Dorset40
South West71
England83

Rank #13 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences60
Theft31
Burglary13
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons9
Drugs1
Robbery1
Other0

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 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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