Petersfield South

East Hampshire · South East · population 9,510 · 6 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,904 of 6,856 in England
  • #491 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 15 in East Hampshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,623
Median age (est.)44
Density1,843per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 19%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Petersfield South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,904 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in East Hampshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (78) and lowest on Income (53). Typical homes here sold for about £368,750 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 150 sales), 12% below the wider East Hampshire median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,904 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 73 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 53 · #3,193
Employment 63 · #2,541
Education 65 · #2,377
Health 78 · #1,513
Crime 55 · #3,069
Housing & access 72 · #1,897
Living environment 78 · #1,534

House prices ?

£368,750median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=150
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£368,750150-2.3%-11.1%
Detached£640,25026-11.7%-3.7%
Semi-detached£428,00034+0.7%-2.2%
Terraced£370,00043-1.3%+8.8%
Flat£230,00047-4.2%+7.0%
This area£368,750
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)£42,904±£5,978 · #2,611 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,072
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 694 offences
East Hampshire44
South East71
England83

Rank #3,719 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences332
Theft149
Burglary8
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons87
Drugs20
Robbery9
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 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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