Bentley & Holybourne

East Hampshire · South East · population 6,820 · 4 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #711 of 6,856 in England
  • #229 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 15 in East Hampshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,835
Median age (est.)47
Density87per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above47%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 8%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 22%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Bentley & Holybourne is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #711 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 15 in East Hampshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (94) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here, about £651,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 101 sales), 55% above the wider East Hampshire median of £420,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,871 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £54,560 a year, among England's highest. 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 93 · #471
Employment 93 · #485
Education 94 · #389
Health 94 · #437
Crime 88 · #855
Housing & access 19 · #5,564
Living environment 51 · #3,350

House prices ?

£651,500median (12m) · +15.3% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£651,500101+15.3%+30.3%
Detached£802,50054+8.4%+13.0%
Semi-detached£447,50026-3.2%+24.3%
Terraced£375,00017+4.2%+7.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£651,500
East Hampshire£420,000
South East£385,000
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)£54,560±£7,600 · #505 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,582
Price-to-income ?11.9×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 258 offences
East Hampshire44
South East71
England83

Rank #1,063 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences117
Theft67
Burglary12
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons17
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 17 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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