Langdown & Dibden Purlieu

New Forest · South East · population 10,646 · 6 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,446 of 6,856 in England
  • #777 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 23 in New Forest
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,436
Median age (est.)47
Density3,163per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above26%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 19%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Other 1%

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

Langdown & Dibden Purlieu sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,446 of 6,856 in England, and #19 of 23 in New Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Education (28). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 111 sales), 12% below the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,781 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 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 48 · #3,535
Employment 41 · #4,029
Education 28 · #4,947
Health 61 · #2,665
Crime 48 · #3,549
Housing & access 44 · #3,816
Living environment 99 · #80

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,000111+0.9%+15.5%
Detached£426,00038-14.8%-1.5%
Semi-detached£337,50032+8.9%+25.9%
Terraced£293,50028+4.8%+19.0%
Flat£229,35013+22.3%+28.7%
This area£335,000
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)£41,781±£5,943 · #2,915 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,855
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 586 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #2,487 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences321
Theft71
Burglary28
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons49
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other14

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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