Ashurst & Cadnam

New Forest · South East · population 5,562 · 4 LSOAs

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

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,136 of 6,856 in England
  • #328 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 23 in New Forest
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,644
Median age (est.)55
Density263per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 9%25–44 15%45–64 31%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 56%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 56%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 4%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 5%Other: 25%
One person 23%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 5%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Ashurst & Cadnam is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,136 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 23 in New Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (96) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £562,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 68 sales), 48% above the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,427 a year, in the top third 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 96 · #265
Employment 89 · #759
Education 85 · #1,040
Health 81 · #1,294
Crime 73 · #1,849
Housing & access 14 · #5,887
Living environment 74 · #1,787

House prices ?

£562,500median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£562,50068+7.1%+14.3%
Detached£580,00051+0.9%+7.8%
Semi-detached£445,00016-3.3%+14.5%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£562,500
New Forest£380,000
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)£46,427±£6,572 · #1,750 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,918
Price-to-income ?12.1×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 309 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #2,527 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences154
Theft30
Burglary37
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons39
Drugs0
Robbery0
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 9 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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