Bookham South

Mole Valley · South East · population 5,725 · 4 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #732 of 6,856 in England
  • #239 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 13 in Mole Valley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,682
Median age (est.)51
Density844per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above44%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 29%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 11%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

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

Bookham South is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #732 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 13 in Mole Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (93) and lowest on Housing & access (42). Typical homes here sold for about £750,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 63 sales), 32% above the wider Mole Valley median of £566,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,358 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £49,038 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 87 · #869
Employment 80 · #1,355
Education 81 · #1,307
Health 92 · #567
Crime 77 · #1,588
Housing & access 42 · #4,001
Living environment 93 · #505

House prices ?

£750,000median (12m) · +6.4% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£750,00063+6.4%+16.6%
Detached£850,00036+10.0%+18.1%
Semi-detached£595,00017-3.3%+17.4%
Terraced£415,0005-20.2%+3.8%
Flat£300,0005+56.2%
This area£750,000
Mole Valley£566,500
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)£49,038±£6,926 · #1,233 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,855
Price-to-income ?15.3×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 259 offences
Mole Valley54
South East71
England83

Rank #1,700 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences116
Theft40
Burglary18
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons35
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other1

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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