Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen

New Forest · South East · population 10,928 · 7 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,061 of 6,856 in England
  • #525 of 1,119 in South East
  • #14 of 23 in New Forest
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,922
Median age (est.)53
Density79per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 30%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · 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

Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,061 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 23 in New Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (85) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £384,950 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 159 sales), in line with the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,924 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 77 · #1,561
Employment 74 · #1,787
Education 75 · #1,705
Health 85 · #1,047
Crime 67 · #2,233
Housing & access 21 · #5,393
Living environment 39 · #4,186

House prices ?

£384,950median (12m) · -3.5% yr · n=159
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£384,950159-3.5%+16.7%
Detached£525,00080+0.8%+17.4%
Semi-detached£363,00046+0.7%+22.0%
Terraced£294,75014-5.8%+9.4%
Flat£162,50019+15.9%+6.2%
This area£384,950
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)£41,924±£5,873 · #2,872 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,020
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 525 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #1,938 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences249
Theft60
Burglary38
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons70
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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