Milton

Portsmouth · South East · population 9,549 · 6 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,508 of 6,856 in England
  • #785 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,434
Median age (est.)41
Density3,709per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above32%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 43% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Milton sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,508 of 6,856 in England, and #9 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (55) and lowest on Crime (34). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 130 sales), 9% above the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,053 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £40,121 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 99 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 49 · #3,467
Employment 50 · #3,446
Education 50 · #3,391
Health 42 · #4,001
Crime 34 · #4,529
Housing & access 55 · #3,097
Living environment 36 · #4,372

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000130+3.7%+21.7%
Detached£505,00010+18.8%
Semi-detached£366,50010+7.0%+17.8%
Terraced£282,50086+2.7%+18.7%
Flat£137,62524+0.8%+4.3%
This area£280,000
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)£40,121±£5,576 · #3,393 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,544
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 943 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #4,893 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences444
Theft165
Burglary15
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons125
Drugs30
Robbery14
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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