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A town of 9,349 in Hampshire, South East. 11% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Bordon grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 41% of UK towns, and #63 of 76 in Hampshire. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A): median sale £317,000, 4.7 years of area income; rent £1,262 a month. Its weakest is schools (C−): primary results beat 2% of towns in England; secondary results beat 45% of towns in England.
The 3 things Bordon 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 Bordon is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1915.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bordon.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list has no building inside Bordon’s built-up area.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Below are two of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 44% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 44.2, and 46% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weyford Nursery and Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 402 | D− |
| Oakmoor SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 912 | B− |
Social housing holds a fifth of households, above both Hampshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). 450 standard sales inside Bordon’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £317,000. 62% of households are owner-occupiers.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £445,000 | 59 |
| Semi-detached | £350,750 | 130 |
| Terraced | £305,000 | 181 |
| Flat or maisonette | £179,000 | 80 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Over the year to August 2026, 673 offences were reported in Bordon, along with 137 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Burglary and damage came to 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Hampshire’s towns (8.5) and England’s towns (9.4). Violence and sexual offences accounted for 43% of recorded crime. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Bordon has more crime per resident than 81% of them.
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 87% of commuters, higher than both Hampshire’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%). In 2026, 3.5% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits. Of the commuters living in Bordon, 14% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Self-reported good health: 85% of Bordon’s residents. The nearest A&E to Bordon is Royal Surrey County Hospital, 14.1 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; nearly nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Bordon | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · 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.
Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. Line up the people of Bordon by age and the one in the middle is 35.3. People aged 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. 29% of adults hold a degree, below both Hampshire’s towns (33%) and England’s towns (34%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Bordon | Hampshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 11% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 33% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
4 notable people were born in Bordon.
Tony Rolt: Daan Noske / Anefo, CC0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordon | 9,349 | — | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 0.7 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 0.9 | B+ | A | B | B |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 2.3 | B+ | B− | A− | A− |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 3.6 | A | B | B− | A− |
| Liss | 4,749 | 4.8 | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 4.9 | A | B− | B+ | B+ |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 5.2 | — | B | A | A− |
Holybourne has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Town in Hampshire, England
Bordon is a built-up area of 9,349 people, in the East Hampshire 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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