Purbrook & Widley

Havant · South East · population 9,138 · 6 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,890 of 6,856 in England
  • #485 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 17 in Havant
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,341
Median age (est.)48
Density2,580per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 11%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

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

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

Purbrook & Widley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,890 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 17 in Havant. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (84) and lowest on Housing & access (58). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 117 sales), in line with the wider Havant median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,101 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 71 · #1,993
Employment 59 · #2,815
Education 59 · #2,836
Health 64 · #2,480
Crime 65 · #2,404
Housing & access 58 · #2,850
Living environment 84 · #1,122

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · -5.2% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,000117-5.2%+9.1%
Detached£436,25022-2.1%+20.3%
Semi-detached£370,00045+1.4%+17.5%
Terraced£290,000340.0%+19.6%
Flat£166,25016+7.3%+10.6%
This area£325,000
Havant£320,000
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)£38,101±£5,399 · #4,006 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,862
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 460 offences
Havant76
South East71
England83

Rank #2,146 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences278
Theft50
Burglary13
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons56
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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