Harefield

Southampton · South East · population 6,422 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,934 of 6,856 in England
  • #980 of 1,119 in South East
  • #21 of 33 in Southampton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,400
Median age (est.)40
Density5,101per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 24%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 27%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

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

Harefield is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,934 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 33 in Southampton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Crime (13). Typical homes here sold for about £251,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 57 sales), in line with the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,339 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 94 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 28 · #4,927
Employment 28 · #4,920
Education 19 · #5,564
Health 20 · #5,509
Crime 13 · #5,969
Housing & access 74 · #1,808
Living environment 86 · #937

House prices ?

£251,000median (12m) · -8.7% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£251,00057-8.7%+9.6%
Detached£315,0008-3.1%+13.5%
Semi-detached£318,00015-5.1%+24.2%
Terraced£255,00017+3.0%+18.5%
Flat£147,00017-19.7%-0.3%
This area£251,000
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)£37,339±£5,244 · #4,264 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,701
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 ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

94 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 603 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #4,701 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences303
Theft78
Burglary26
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons86
Drugs10
Robbery8
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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