Brockhurst

Gosport · South East · population 6,474 · 4 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,084 of 6,856 in England
  • #877 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 10 in Gosport
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,249
Median age (est.)45
Density2,926per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above21%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 12%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 34%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 15% · Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary12%
Professional11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Brockhurst is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,084 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 10 in Gosport. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (52) and lowest on Education (25). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 100 sales), 8% below the wider Gosport median of £251,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,855 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,166 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 48 · #3,535
Employment 43 · #3,926
Education 25 · #5,139
Health 37 · #4,344
Crime 35 · #4,454
Housing & access 32 · #4,632
Living environment 52 · #3,295

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000100+1.8%+16.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£260,50034+4.2%+24.1%
Terraced£215,00057-1.3%+10.3%
Flat£146,2508+8.3%
This area£230,000
Gosport£251,000
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)£37,166±£5,255 · #4,313 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,922
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 360 offences
Gosport71
South East71
England83

Rank #2,526 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences209
Theft48
Burglary6
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons31
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 91 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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