Andover West

Test Valley · South East · population 10,240 · 6 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #560 of 6,856 in England
  • #184 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 17 in Test Valley
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,243
Median age (est.)46
Density328per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above33%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 17% · Professional 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors17%
Professional17%
Associate professional16%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Andover West is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #560 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 17 in Test Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (92) and lowest on Housing & access (48). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 134 sales), in line with the wider Test Valley median of £361,250. Typical household take-home income is around £43,570 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 92 · #560
Employment 91 · #601
Education 82 · #1,266
Health 83 · #1,184
Crime 91 · #642
Housing & access 48 · #3,535
Living environment 62 · #2,624

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · +0.7% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000134+0.7%+23.7%
Detached£485,00038+0.2%-1.0%
Semi-detached£350,00046+3.7%+27.3%
Terraced£307,50038+5.1%+23.5%
Flat£170,00012+1.5%+3.0%
This area£350,000
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)£43,570±£6,077 · #2,429 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,883
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 371 offences
Test Valley53
South East71
England83

Rank #930 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences188
Theft47
Burglary22
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons44
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 33 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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