Abbotswood & West Wellow

Test Valley · South East · population 10,165 · 6 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,506 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 17 in Test Valley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,764
Median age (est.)44
Density148per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above44%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 22%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Abbotswood & West Wellow is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,506 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 17 in Test Valley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (86) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £510,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 125 sales), 41% above the wider Test Valley median of £361,250. Typical household take-home income is around £50,697 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 84 · #1,102
Employment 86 · #965
Education 80 · #1,362
Health 85 · #1,040
Crime 70 · #2,048
Housing & access 15 · #5,818
Living environment 67 · #2,240

House prices ?

£510,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£510,000125+6.2%+13.3%
Detached£707,50062+4.4%+18.4%
Semi-detached£430,000300.0%+21.1%
Terraced£327,50024-13.2%+7.4%
Flat£385,0009+13.2%-16.6%
This area£510,000
Test Valley£361,250
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)£50,697±£7,082 · #942 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,409
Price-to-income ?10.1×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 462 offences
Test Valley53
South East71
England83

Rank #1,730 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft52
Burglary48
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons37
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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