Headley Down & Grayshott

East Hampshire · South East · population 7,016 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #533 of 6,856 in England
  • #179 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 15 in East Hampshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,942
Median age (est.)53
Density606per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above44%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 6%Other: 23%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 6%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Muslim 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

Headley Down & Grayshott is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #533 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 15 in East Hampshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £675,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 89 sales), 61% 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 #5,981 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £49,370 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 95 · #334
Employment 93 · #464
Education 80 · #1,396
Health 96 · #300
Crime 98 · #169
Housing & access 21 · #5,427
Living environment 87 · #862

House prices ?

£675,000median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£675,00089-2.5%+18.4%
Detached£735,00062-5.0%+6.5%
Semi-detached£525,00019+38.7%+56.7%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£265,0005+30.9%+13.0%
This area£675,000
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)£49,370±£6,885 · #1,170 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,075
Price-to-income ?13.7×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 218 offences
East Hampshire44
South East71
England83

Rank #493 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences102
Theft36
Burglary32
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons12
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 16 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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