St Mary's

Southampton · South East · population 9,308 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,640 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,052 of 1,119 in South East
  • #27 of 33 in Southampton
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,745
Median age (est.)26
Density10,947per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above32%
No car or van52%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 32%25–44 34%45–64 13%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 5%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 5%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 40%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Professional 17% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Professional17%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative6%

Ethnic group

White: 61%Asian: 19%Black: 9%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 61%Asian 19%Black 9%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 37% · Christian 32% · Muslim 17%

Born outside the UK: 43%

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 Mary's is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,640 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 33 in Southampton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (37) and lowest on Crime (4). Typical homes here sold for about £145,000 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 45 sales), 44% below the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,587 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 164 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 22 · #5,359
Employment 36 · #4,399
Education 18 · #5,647
Health 14 · #5,887
Crime 4 · #6,606
Housing & access 37 · #4,337
Living environment 36 · #4,351

House prices ?

£145,000median (12m) · -9.4% yr · n=45
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£145,00045-9.4%-7.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£300,0007+11.1%+25.1%
Flat£140,00038-5.1%-7.4%
This area£145,000
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)£36,587±£5,408 · #4,501 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,836
Price-to-income ?4.0×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

164 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,525 offences
Southampton120
South East71
England83

Rank #6,004 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences742
Theft185
Burglary61
Vehicle crime80
Criminal damage & arson86
Public order & weapons142
Drugs174
Robbery32
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 224 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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