Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,844 in Hampshire, South East.
Blackfield and Langley grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 20% of UK towns, and #71 of 76 in Hampshire. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): median sale £370,000, 6.5 years of area income; rent £1,244 a month.
The 3 things Blackfield and Langley does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Blackfield and Langley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Blackfield and Langley’s built-up area.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Blackfield and Langley. Best known first.
Castle · English HeritageCalshot Castle3.6 km outside town, to the east
MuseumNational Motor Museum4.7 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or prioryBeaulieu Abbey4.5 km outside town, to the west
Historic housePalace House4.6 km outside town, to the west
GardenExbury Gardens1.7 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumThe Buckler's Hard Story Maritime Museum3.1 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blackfield and Langley.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Blackfield and Langley has 2 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 3% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfield Primary and Nursery SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 434 | B− |
On this, Blackfield and Langley is above both Hampshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town. The median resident of Blackfield and Langley is 49.5 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Blackfield and Langley | Hampshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.6% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 33% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
In the comparison, Blackfield and Langley comes below both Hampshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (21%). Owners make up 70% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £406,500 | 116 |
| Semi-detached | £319,975 | 36 |
| Terraced | £290,000 | 14 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Blackfield and Langley, that is below both Hampshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (27%). 29% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Blackfield and Langley sits above both Hampshire’s towns (20.7) and England’s towns (22) on this measure. Police recorded 286 crimes inside Blackfield and Langley’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 36 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 54% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
That puts Blackfield and Langley above both Hampshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (17%). Blackfield and Langley has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3.2 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Blackfield and Langley | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfield and Langley | 5,844 | — | C− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Holbury | 7,339 | 1.1 | C | C | B− | C+ |
| Hythe and Dibden Purlieu | 19,857 | 3.6 | C | C | C+ | B |
| Hamble-le-Rice | 4,613 | 3.7 | A− | A− | B− | A− |
| Netley | 6,309 | 4.2 | C+ | B+ | C | C |
| Cowes | 14,366 | 5.1 | C | D− | B− | B− |
| Locks Heath | 35,744 | 5.3 | A | A− | B− | A |
| Bursledon | 8,072 | 5.5 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £370,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £290,000, semi-detached houses £319,975 and detached houses £406,500.
About the middle for its size: 63% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Town in Hampshire, England
Blackfield and Langley is a built-up area of 5,844 people, in the New Forest council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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