Banister Park & Howard Road

Southampton · South East · population 8,195 · 5 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,213 of 6,856 in England
  • #738 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 33 in Southampton
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,264
Median age (est.)34
Density8,679per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above48%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 16%25–44 40%45–64 20%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 53%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 5%Private rent 53%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 5%Other: 16%
One person 40%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 5%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional14%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 12%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 78%Asian 12%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 40% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Banister Park & Howard Road sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,213 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 33 in Southampton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Crime (17). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 117 sales), 8% below the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,118 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £46,787 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 81 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 54 · #3,158
Employment 54 · #3,131
Education 84 · #1,095
Health 29 · #4,872
Crime 17 · #5,701
Housing & access 89 · #745
Living environment 36 · #4,420

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000117-2.0%0.0%
Detached£485,00012+19.8%
Semi-detached£406,00022+10.5%+16.0%
Terraced£375,00013+0.7%+9.5%
Flat£176,75070+7.1%+17.1%
This area£240,000
Southampton£260,000
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)£46,787±£6,817 · #1,676 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,326
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 666 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #4,141 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences308
Theft96
Burglary46
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons66
Drugs17
Robbery14
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 84 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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