Ocean Village & Town Quay

Southampton · South East · population 5,421 · 4 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,438 of 6,856 in England
  • #395 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 33 in Southampton
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,301
Median age (est.)32
Density4,029per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above59%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 14%25–44 52%45–64 18%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 58%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 7%Private rent 58%

Households

One person: 46%Couple, no children: 27%Couple with children: 9%Lone parent: 4%Other: 14%
One person 46%Couple, no children 27%Couple with children 9%Lone parent 4%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades6%
Caring & leisure5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 12%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 75%Asian 12%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 37% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Ocean Village & Town Quay is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,438 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 33 in Southampton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Crime (28). Typical homes here sold for about £205,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 90 sales), 21% below the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #50 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £53,019 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 166 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 72 · #1,904
Employment 87 · #882
Education 69 · #2,144
Health 63 · #2,528
Crime 28 · #4,913
Housing & access 89 · #725
Living environment 60 · #2,761

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,00090-2.4%-3.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£484,0207+29.1%-0.2%
Flat£197,50082-3.7%-4.2%
This area£205,000
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)£53,019±£8,146 · #669 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,223
Price-to-income ?3.9×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

166 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 902 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #6,016 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences316
Theft310
Burglary28
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons107
Drugs38
Robbery17
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 78 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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