Whitehill & Selborne

East Hampshire · South East · population 6,524 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,568 of 6,856 in England
  • #416 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 15 in East Hampshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,205
Median age (est.)47
Density108per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 31%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 18% · Professional 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors18%
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

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 53% · No religion 40% · Other 0%

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

Whitehill & Selborne is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,568 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 15 in East Hampshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (86) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 101 sales), 10% below the wider East Hampshire median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,384 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 81 · #1,287
Employment 86 · #965
Education 64 · #2,500
Health 86 · #937
Crime 76 · #1,650
Housing & access 19 · #5,523
Living environment 48 · #3,542

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · -9.8% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,000101-9.8%+1.3%
Detached£604,00042-1.8%+35.7%
Semi-detached£355,00021-4.1%+6.0%
Terraced£282,47526-10.3%+0.9%
Flat£268,75012+7.7%+8.8%
This area£380,000
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)£43,384±£6,054 · #2,474 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,015
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 338 offences
East Hampshire44
South East71
England83

Rank #2,252 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences145
Theft57
Burglary27
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons36
Drugs20
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 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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