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48,355 people live in this large town in Hampshire, South East.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Housing is within reach: the median home sold for £317,500, 5 years of area income. Safety lags: 37.8 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 10.7 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 42%. It also trails on schools: primary results beat 13% of towns in England; secondary results beat 66% of towns in England. The overall grade lands at B, #52 of 76 in Hampshire. Nationally, it does better than 60% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health, B for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Eastleigh is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The thing Eastleigh does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Eastleigh’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →27 listed buildings in Eastleigh.
Eastleigh Railway Station: Photo: Peter Facey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Old George Public House: Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0 · The Old Rectory: Photo: Peter Facey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Mary: Photo: Peter Facey · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eastleigh.
Private rents average £1,216 a month across the Eastleigh council area. Owners make up 65% of households, close to Hampshire’s towns (64%) and above England’s towns (61%). From September 2023 to August 2026, 1,951 homes sold inside the town’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £317,500.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £467,500 | 410 |
| Semi-detached | £342,250 | 580 |
| Terraced | £290,000 | 567 |
| Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | 394 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
53% of pupils at the town’s 6 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Of its 11 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Attainment 8 at the 7 secondary schools within 3 km averages 48.6, and nearly half of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crescent Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 619 | C |
| Crestwood Community SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,478 | C |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Eastleigh logged 3,343 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 486 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences were 53% of the crimes. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 8.7 reports per 1,000, above both Hampshire’s towns (5.3) and England’s towns (7.8).
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 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 19% of commuters travelled at the census. Work in town: 25% of resident commuters. There are 1.1 jobs in Eastleigh for each resident in work. Household income came to £59K a year before tax, lower than Hampshire’s towns (£67K) yet higher than England’s towns (£55K).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Just over one in ten homes date from before 1919. Scaled to its population, that is 6 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in Eastleigh.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
4 GP practices serve the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Eastleigh is Southampton General Hospital, 4.7 miles away. Women here live to 84.8 on average and men to 80.5 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Eastleigh | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
19% are under 15, above Hampshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The age that splits Eastleigh in two is 39.2. Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Eastleigh | Hampshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 33% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Eastleigh. Best known first.
ZooMarwell Zoo2.1 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic house · English HeritageBishop's Waltham Palace4.5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumTwyford Pumping Station4.3 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumShears Millin townArt galleryArt gallerySpecial Collections Gallery2.3 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
21 notable people were born in Eastleigh.
David Nicholls: putnik, CC BY 3.0 · Caroline Pidgeon: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0 · David Smith: Richard Gillin from St Albans, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Heather Hallett: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0 · Gareth Mitchell: Annika Haas (EU2017EE), CC BY 2.0
Large town in Hampshire, England
Eastleigh is a built-up area of 48,355 people, in the Eastleigh 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | — | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 2 | A+ | B | B+ | A |
| Colden Common | 3,827 | 2.2 | A+ | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 2.5 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Chilworth | 1,169 | 2.6 | — | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | 2.6 | — | C | A− | A+ |
| West End | 10,865 | 2.9 | B+ | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Compton | 1,307 | 3.1 | — | C | A+ | A+ |
Chilworth, Otterbourne and Compton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 58% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
Band D council tax in Eastleigh is £2,349 for 2026–27, less than in 67% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
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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