Hindhead, Beacon Hill & Frensham

Waverley · South East · population 8,499 · 6 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #917 of 6,856 in England
  • #281 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 17 in Waverley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,519
Median age (est.)50
Density211per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above49%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 9%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 36% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Hindhead, Beacon Hill & Frensham is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #917 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 17 in Waverley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (94) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £732,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 92 sales), 33% above the wider Waverley median of £550,038. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,291 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £52,070 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 94 · #403
Employment 92 · #512
Education 93 · #485
Health 91 · #622
Crime 79 · #1,431
Housing & access 15 · #5,811
Living environment 56 · #3,014

House prices ?

£732,500median (12m) · +4.6% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£732,50092+4.6%+16.3%
Detached£1,150,00051-1.1%+37.3%
Semi-detached£685,00013+18.1%+25.3%
Terraced£475,0009+5.6%+26.2%
Flat£210,00019-7.1%-4.5%
This area£732,500
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)£52,070±£7,262 · #774 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,475
Price-to-income ?14.1×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 275 offences
Waverley38
South East71
England83

Rank #598 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences143
Theft38
Burglary19
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons27
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 50 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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