South East
64 local authorities. Average Area Score shown per authority.
Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population
#1 of 9 regions · 1,119 neighbourhoods · 9,387,593 residents
deprivation decile · left = most deprived
Neighbourhoods here span Fratton West (0) to Fleet South & Pondtail (100); 3% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →
In summary
There is a sharp split within the South East: Fleet South & Pondtail scores 100 out of 100 (#1 of 6,856 nationally) while Fratton West sits at 0 — neighbours on the map, 100 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 583 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 182 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £136,500 in Portsea to £1,260,000 in Gerrards Cross — a 9.2× gap within the South East.
Living here
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 South East
Neighbourhood rankings in South East
Highest Area Scores
score /100
| Fleet South & Pondtail | 100 |
| Burgess Hill South | 100 |
| Caversham Heights | 100 |
| Barkham & Woose Hill | 100 |
| Hiltingbury | 100 |
Lowest recorded crime
per 1,000 residents (12m)
| Valley Park | 15 |
| Barkham & Woose Hill | 16 |
| Abingdon Northcourt & Peachcroft | 18 |
| East Blatchington | 20 |
| Caversham Heights | 20 |
Highest household income
net income a year (est.)
| Oxshott & Stoke D'Abernon | £64,716 |
| Gerrards Cross | £63,287 |
| Hinchley Wood & Weston Green | £63,155 |
| Long Ditton | £62,998 |
| Virginia Water | £62,697 |
Most affordable
price ÷ net income
| Portsea | 3.8× |
| Ocean Village & Town Quay | 3.9× |
| St Mary's | 4.0× |
| Rowner | 4.7× |
| Central Reading South | 4.7× |
Recorded crime, not convictions; income is a model-based ONS estimate. National rankings of every local authority →
People living in South East Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 21% |
| Managers & directors | 15% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 10% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Elementary | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 7% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 46% · No religion 40% · Muslim 3%
Born outside the UK: 16%
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
Regions bordering South East.