Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley

New Forest · South East · population 8,517 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,226 of 6,856 in England
  • #568 of 1,119 in South East
  • #15 of 23 in New Forest
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,458
Median age (est.)53
Density330per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above24%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 7%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 7%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Other 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

Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,226 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 23 in New Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (88) but weak on Housing & access (25). Typical homes here sold for about £338,750 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 120 sales), 11% below the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,627 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 70 · #2,048
Employment 60 · #2,754
Education 47 · #3,638
Health 73 · #1,835
Crime 69 · #2,130
Housing & access 25 · #5,112
Living environment 88 · #834

House prices ?

£338,750median (12m) · -4.6% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£338,750120-4.6%+16.8%
Detached£405,00067+1.2%+24.4%
Semi-detached£322,47528+10.3%+24.0%
Terraced£255,00021-7.3%+9.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£338,750
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)£38,627±£5,482 · #3,835 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,230
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 379 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #1,638 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences220
Theft49
Burglary17
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons38
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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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