Ferndown West & Canford Bottom

Dorset · South West · population 6,322 · 5 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Ferndown West & Canford Bottom is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #951 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 118 sales), 10% above the wider Dorset median of £345,000.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 84 · #1,102
Employment 77 · #1,568
Education 63 · #2,521
Health 80 · #1,369
Crime 98 · #156
Housing & access 31 · #4,728
Living environment 98 · #108

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,000118+1.3%+11.8%
Detached£447,50058-5.3%+11.9%
Semi-detached£345,00036-2.5%+8.7%
Terraced£310,00020-3.4%+10.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£380,000
Dorset£345,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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