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BH6 postcode area · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The BH6 postcode district spans 7 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Area Scores range from 25 to 94 across them. Every full BH6 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the BH6 district: Littledown scores 94 out of 100 (#389 of 6,856 nationally) while East Cliff sits at 25 — neighbours on the map, 69 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £220,000 in East Cliff to £570,000 in Littledown — a 2.6× gap within the BH6 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£38,660a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime74per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)41
Owner-occupied58%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the BH6 district

£395,000median home sold over the past year · +3.7% over 5 years · -1.2% over the year · 369 sales
Detached£610,000
Semi-detached£441,000
Terraced£365,000
Flat£245,000
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£337,750
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
LittledownBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 38994 £570,000
East Southbourne & Hengistbury HeadBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 77389 £502,500
Southbourne WestBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,24067 £340,000
IfordBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,56962 £413,000
WestbourneBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3,51549 £226,500
Boscombe EastBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 4,20039 £285,000
East CliffBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 5,13225 £220,000

People living in BH6 Census 2021

Residents59,468
Median age (est.)41
Density4,019per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above38%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 7%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 37%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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.

Towns & places in BH6

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the BH6 district.

Boscombe

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around BH6.

BH7 BH8 BH1 BH5 BH2 BH3 BH9 BH4

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.