Farnham Town

Waverley · South East · population 8,710 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,225 of 6,856 in England
  • #350 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 17 in Waverley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,429
Median age (est.)40
Density898per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above45%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 16%25–44 24%45–64 25%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 18%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 37%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Farnham Town is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,225 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 17 in Waverley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (87) and lowest on Living environment (51). Typical homes here sold for about £452,500 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 154 sales), 18% below the wider Waverley median of £550,038. Typical household take-home income is around £46,394 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 66 · #2,315
Employment 73 · #1,849
Education 78 · #1,534
Health 84 · #1,095
Crime 57 · #2,939
Housing & access 87 · #882
Living environment 51 · #3,384

House prices ?

£452,500median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=154
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£452,500154+8.3%-11.7%
Detached£995,00021+24.4%+42.8%
Semi-detached£650,00017+26.6%+26.2%
Terraced£482,50043+0.8%+17.8%
Flat£369,95073+23.3%+32.1%
This area£452,500
Waverley£550,038
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)£46,394±£6,518 · #1,756 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,325
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 664 offences
Waverley38
South East71
England83

Rank #3,892 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences258
Theft171
Burglary16
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons94
Drugs15
Robbery10
Other17

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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