Holbury South

New Forest · South East · population 5,556 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,982 of 6,856 in England
  • #986 of 1,119 in South East
  • #23 of 23 in New Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,557
Median age (est.)41
Density2,363per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above18%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 29%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Caring & leisure 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Caring & leisure14%
Elementary13%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%
Professional9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 41% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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 South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,982 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 23 in New Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Education (18). Typical homes here sold for about £287,500 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 51 sales), 24% below the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,571 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 28 · #4,954
Employment 25 · #5,119
Education 18 · #5,647
Health 36 · #4,365
Crime 28 · #4,913
Housing & access 21 · #5,393
Living environment 99 · #67

House prices ?

£287,500median (12m) · -8.0% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£287,50051-8.0%+8.5%
Detached£395,00011+3.0%+31.7%
Semi-detached£300,00017+1.7%+14.1%
Terraced£250,00021-9.9%+5.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£287,500
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)£40,571±£5,846 · #3,252 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,514
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 325 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #2,757 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences211
Theft20
Burglary10
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons28
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 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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