Hungerford

West Berkshire · South East · population 5,929 · 4 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,740 of 6,856 in England
  • #655 of 1,119 in South East
  • #20 of 22 in West Berkshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,866
Median age (est.)47
Density213per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 16%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 35%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Hungerford is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,740 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 22 in West Berkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (65) and lowest on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 79 sales), 6% below the wider West Berkshire median of £404,250. Typical household take-home income is around £43,902 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 53 · #3,234
Employment 65 · #2,370
Education 42 · #3,981
Health 58 · #2,850
Crime 61 · #2,651
Housing & access 36 · #4,351
Living environment 54 · #3,131

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · +15.5% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,00079+15.5%+16.9%
Detached£580,00019+20.2%+35.8%
Semi-detached£400,00025+12.7%+32.0%
Terraced£322,50027+7.5%+28.7%
Flat£172,0008+1.2%
This area£380,000
West Berkshire£404,250
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)£43,902±£6,190 · #2,339 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,368
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 338 offences
West Berkshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #2,639 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences179
Theft51
Burglary16
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons30
Drugs4
Robbery2
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 59 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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