Lymington North & West

New Forest · South East · population 8,051 · 5 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,843 of 6,856 in England
  • #682 of 1,119 in South East
  • #18 of 23 in New Forest
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,128
Median age (est.)48
Density1,408per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 21%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Lymington North & West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,843 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 23 in New Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (98) and lowest on Employment (44). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 103 sales), 5% below the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,104 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 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 45 · #3,755
Employment 44 · #3,871
Education 44 · #3,837
Health 76 · #1,678
Crime 53 · #3,206
Housing & access 52 · #3,302
Living environment 98 · #142

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · -4.0% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000103-4.0%-4.0%
Detached£615,75026+2.6%+17.3%
Semi-detached£360,00039+1.4%+11.2%
Terraced£315,00027+5.9%+10.5%
Flat£132,00011+10.7%-26.1%
This area£360,000
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)£38,104±£5,616 · #4,005 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,379
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 395 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #2,045 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences188
Theft63
Burglary14
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons51
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 52 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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