Central Eastleigh

Eastleigh · South East · population 8,718 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,981 of 6,856 in England
  • #860 of 1,119 in South East
  • #14 of 15 in Eastleigh
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,692
Median age (est.)37
Density3,002per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above31%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 34%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 19%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 37% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Central Eastleigh is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,981 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 15 in Eastleigh. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (55) and lowest on Crime (18). Typical homes here sold for about £264,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 117 sales), 23% below the wider Eastleigh median of £342,130. Typical household take-home income is around £39,349 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,282
Employment 42 · #3,981
Education 38 · #4,221
Health 45 · #3,755
Crime 18 · #5,612
Housing & access 55 · #3,055
Living environment 52 · #3,288

House prices ?

£264,000median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£264,000117+0.6%+17.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£345,50016+10.4%+39.6%
Terraced£280,00063-3.4%+13.1%
Flat£176,00038+10.0%+8.3%
This area£264,000
Eastleigh£342,130
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)£39,349±£5,490 · #3,620 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,453
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

136 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,183 offences
Eastleigh57
South East71
England83

Rank #5,738 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences629
Theft232
Burglary27
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons122
Drugs40
Robbery13
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 157 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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