Eastney

Portsmouth · South East · population 7,823 · 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
  • #6 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,928
Median age (est.)43
Density4,226per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 7%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 35%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Eastney is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,843 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (61) and lowest on Living environment (28). Typical homes here sold for about £267,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 107 sales), in line with the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,220 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £42,269 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 60 · #2,761
Employment 61 · #2,651
Education 58 · #2,911
Health 58 · #2,891
Crime 39 · #4,180
Housing & access 52 · #3,295
Living environment 28 · #4,968

House prices ?

£267,000median (12m) · -9.5% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£267,000107-9.5%+6.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£380,0008-1.3%-27.6%
Terraced£285,62564-5.4%+16.0%
Flat£165,00033-23.3%-20.5%
This area£267,000
Portsmouth£258,000
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)£42,269±£5,911 · #2,770 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,686
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 458 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #2,756 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences207
Theft81
Burglary11
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons30
Drugs16
Robbery7
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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