Hollybrook

Southampton · South East · population 6,072 · 4 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,260 of 6,856 in England
  • #579 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 33 in Southampton
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,067
Median age (est.)41
Density3,299per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above43%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 14%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 11% · Caring & leisure 10%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 12%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 79%Asian 12%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 37% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Hollybrook is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,260 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 33 in Southampton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Crime (28). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 71 sales), 8% above the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,620 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 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 63 · #2,541
Employment 67 · #2,233
Education 79 · #1,451
Health 48 · #3,563
Crime 28 · #4,913
Housing & access 90 · #684
Living environment 42 · #3,981

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · -6.7% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00071-6.7%+13.1%
Detached£496,75018-9.7%+27.4%
Semi-detached£320,000130.0%+1.9%
Terraced£297,50014+6.2%+25.0%
Flat£172,50026-4.2%+1.5%
This area£280,000
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)£42,620±£5,954 · #2,672 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,339
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 542 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #4,517 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences254
Theft99
Burglary38
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons45
Drugs10
Robbery12
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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