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BH8 postcode area · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The BH8 postcode district spans 8 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Area Scores range from 20 to 94 across them. Every full BH8 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the BH8 district: Littledown scores 94 out of 100 (#389 of 6,856 nationally) while Townsend & Strouden sits at 20 — neighbours on the map, 74 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £200,000 in Central Bournemouth to £570,000 in Littledown — a 2.9× gap within the BH8 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£38,059a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime106per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)36
Owner-occupied51%

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 BH8 district

£300,000median home sold over the past year · +9.1% over 5 years · -7.7% over the year · 288 sales
Detached£518,500
Semi-detached£343,500
Terraced£291,000
Flat£190,000
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
Queens ParkBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1,59577 £370,000
Throop & MuscliffeBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,22668 £345,000
CharminsterBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3,57648 £250,000
Central BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3,81644 £200,000
Springbourne & Queen's ParkBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 4,85829 £275,000
East CliffBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 5,13225 £220,000
Townsend & StroudenBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 5,45520 £390,000

People living in BH8 Census 2021

Residents75,219
Median age (est.)36
Density4,312per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above35%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 19%25–44 30%45–64 22%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 10%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 12% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 84%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 41% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around BH8.

BH1 BH7 BH6 BH3 BH9 BH5 BH2 BH10

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.