Oliver's Battery and Hursley

Winchester · South East · population 8,288 · 5 LSOAs

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

97Area Score / 100 ?
  • #197 of 6,856 in England
  • #72 of 1,119 in South East
  • #1 of 14 in Winchester
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,235
Median age (est.)44
Density177per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above53%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 8%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional13%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Hindu 1%

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

Oliver's Battery and Hursley is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #197 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 14 in Winchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (97) and lowest on Housing & access (62). Typical homes here sold for about £507,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 120 sales), 10% above the wider Winchester median of £462,500. Typical household take-home income is around £55,067 a year, among England's highest. 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 91 · #615
Employment 95 · #341
Education 97 · #183
Health 93 · #478
Crime 86 · #965
Housing & access 62 · #2,610
Living environment 86 · #923

House prices ?

£507,500median (12m) · +12.8% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£507,500120+12.8%-2.1%
Detached£810,00055+17.4%+35.9%
Semi-detached£425,00023+1.3%-3.4%
Terraced£335,00037+5.3%+8.1%
Flat£326,0005+25.4%
This area£507,500
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)£55,067±£7,750 · #470 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,187
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 301 offences
Winchester58
South East71
England83

Rank #937 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences145
Theft52
Burglary25
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson4
Public order & weapons32
Drugs17
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 31 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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