Bassett Green

Southampton · South East · population 8,350 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,403 of 6,856 in England
  • #389 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 33 in Southampton
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,495
Median age (est.)29
Density3,158per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above38%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 32%25–44 22%45–64 19%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 10%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 23%
One person 25%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 19%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 70%Asian 19%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 37% · Christian 37% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Bassett Green is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,403 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 33 in Southampton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (90) and lowest on Housing & access (37). Typical homes here, about £520,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 59% in five years (from 76 sales) — roughly 2.0× the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,082 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 75 · #1,705
Employment 90 · #677
Education 72 · #1,883
Health 79 · #1,458
Crime 71 · #2,007
Housing & access 37 · #4,317
Living environment 61 · #2,665

House prices ?

£520,000median (12m) · +55.2% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£520,00076+55.2%+58.8%
Detached£590,00041+0.9%+29.7%
Semi-detached£282,50010-7.2%+21.2%
Terraced£515,0005+25.5%
Flat£213,50020+1.7%+18.6%
This area£520,000
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)£49,082±£6,995 · #1,226 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,050
Price-to-income ?10.6×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 355 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #1,466 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft36
Burglary29
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons34
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 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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