Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase

Winchester · South East · population 10,562 · 6 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #930 of 6,856 in England
  • #285 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 14 in Winchester
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,203
Median age (est.)47
Density439per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above41%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 43% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #930 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 14 in Winchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (88) and lowest on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £377,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 191 sales), 18% below the wider Winchester median of £462,500. Typical household take-home income is around £44,764 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 75 · #1,691
Employment 81 · #1,328
Education 83 · #1,157
Health 88 · #793
Crime 79 · #1,417
Housing & access 36 · #4,413
Living environment 84 · #1,102

House prices ?

£377,000median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=191
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,000191+2.6%-2.7%
Detached£550,00059-4.3%+6.8%
Semi-detached£375,00069+7.2%+11.9%
Terraced£305,00044+3.4%+16.2%
Flat£190,00019+2.7%+2.7%
This area£377,000
Winchester£462,500
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)£44,764±£6,262 · #2,127 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,082
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 465 offences
Winchester58
South East71
England83

Rank #1,593 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences273
Theft45
Burglary18
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons52
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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