St Denys

Southampton · South East · population 8,269 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,899 of 6,856 in England
  • #975 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 33 in Southampton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,923
Median age (est.)29
Density7,956per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 30%25–44 30%45–64 17%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 18%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 9%Other: 22%
One person 39%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 9%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Elementary16%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 16%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 73%Asian 16%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 36% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

St Denys is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,899 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 33 in Southampton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (74) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 81 sales), in line with the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,745 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 152 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 38 · #4,228
Employment 43 · #3,933
Education 29 · #4,872
Health 17 · #5,667
Crime 4 · #6,572
Housing & access 74 · #1,767
Living environment 22 · #5,311

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +19.0% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,00081+19.0%+13.6%
Detached£325,5008
Semi-detached£265,00021-1.9%+6.0%
Terraced£263,25018-1.6%+15.1%
Flat£145,75034-10.6%-7.6%
This area£250,000
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)£36,745±£5,305 · #4,453 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,905
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

152 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,258 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #5,925 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences506
Theft344
Burglary46
Vehicle crime75
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons121
Drugs38
Robbery27
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 139 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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