Marchwood & Dibden

New Forest · South East · population 8,221 · 6 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,972 of 6,856 in England
  • #509 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 23 in New Forest
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,244
Median age (est.)43
Density602per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above31%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 11%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 1%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 1%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Marchwood & Dibden is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,972 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 23 in New Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 93 sales), 22% below the wider New Forest median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,871 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 67 · #2,288
Employment 73 · #1,856
Education 58 · #2,891
Health 69 · #2,144
Crime 59 · #2,802
Housing & access 27 · #4,989
Living environment 86 · #992

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · -1.7% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,00093-1.7%+16.4%
Detached£470,00027+1.4%+22.4%
Semi-detached£290,00015-0.7%+12.8%
Terraced£268,50035-0.6%+16.7%
Flat£167,00016-14.4%+8.6%
This area£295,000
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)£43,871±£6,092 · #2,346 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,299
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 388 offences
New Forest52
South East71
England83

Rank #1,881 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences226
Theft46
Burglary25
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons33
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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