Hedge End Wildern & Botley South

Eastleigh · South East · population 7,068 · 5 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,965 of 6,856 in England
  • #505 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 15 in Eastleigh
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,006
Median age (est.)45
Density1,590per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 17%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Hedge End Wildern & Botley South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,965 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 15 in Eastleigh. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (75) and lowest on Health (57). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 81 sales), 5% below the wider Eastleigh median of £342,130. Typical household take-home income is around £39,086 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 75 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 60 · #2,767
Employment 61 · #2,651
Education 66 · #2,349
Health 57 · #2,973
Crime 57 · #2,953
Housing & access 63 · #2,534
Living environment 75 · #1,726

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00081+8.3%+8.3%
Detached£399,97218-7.0%+14.3%
Semi-detached£330,00041-3.8%+10.9%
Terraced£272,50014+2.8%0.0%
Flat£212,5008+11.8%+2.4%
This area£325,000
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)£39,086±£5,542 · #3,691 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,409
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 530 offences
Eastleigh57
South East71
England83

Rank #3,824 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences212
Theft176
Burglary17
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons54
Drugs6
Robbery7
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 50 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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