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Eastleigh

Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 44,000. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Hedge End, 2.4 km away. In June 2026, there were around 30 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 11 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Eastleigh is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 136,443 residents at roughly 1,712 people per km².

74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 7th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability41
Affordable rents45
Good schools95
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation89
Employment82
Low council tax72

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:35

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

49 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour15
  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Public order4

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Hedge End North · Hampshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

186 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

230 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 179 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hedge End (2.4 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hedge End (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£312,753 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-08

Detached£527,895
Semi-detached£341,016
Terraced£276,175
Flat£164,961

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,214 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £862
  • 2 bed £1,111
  • 3 bed £1,363

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,981 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (1.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (1.5 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

103 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Hilton Southampton - Utilita Bowl (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

136,443 residents in Eastleigh · 1,712/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,741
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,683
  • Net moves+1,058

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 263 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 61,310)

A £1,561
B £1,822
C £2,082
D £2,342
E £2,863
F £3,383
G £3,904
H £4,684

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

47 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

43 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Deer Park SchoolGood
  • Thornden SchoolGood
  • Wildern SchoolGood
  • Crestwood Community School
  • The Hamble School
  • The Toynbee School
  • Wyvern College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastleigh

Care & health services

1,439 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes483
  • GP practices166
  • Dentists324
  • Homecare agencies359
  • Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

133 applications decided

89.5% granted · 119 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 1
  • LD 35
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens251
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

616 jobs advertised · £38,962 avg

e.g. Customer Advisor - Private Medical Insurance, Delivery Driver, Site Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,968 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,442 certificates

7.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastleigh:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Moorgreen Hospital · 1.1 km

    Moorgreen Hospital was a community hospital in West End, near Southampton. It was managed by Southampton City Primary Care Trust.

  • West End, Hampshire · 1.3 km

    West End is a parish in Hampshire in the borough of Eastleigh, five miles (8.0 km) east of the city of Southampton. The village of West End is small and generally classed as an area in the outer suburbs or rural urban…

  • Moorgreen Meadows · 1.4 km

    Moorgreen Meadows is a 14.3-hectare (35-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Southampton in Hampshire.

  • Eastleigh (constituency) · 1.4 km

    Eastleigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Liz Jarvis, a Liberal Democrat.

  • Itchen Valley Country Park · 1.4 km

    Itchen Valley Country Park is a country park in West End, Hampshire, England which covers 440 acres (1.8 km2) of woodland, meadow and amenity areas. As the name suggests, the River Itchen runs through the park, althou…

  • Allington, Hampshire · 1.4 km

    Allington is a small settlement in the Borough of Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, located at the northern extremity of the civil parish of West End.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)