Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
24% of residents are 65 or over. A town in Hampshire, South East, home to 10,865 people.
Jobs and pay hold up well: households earn a mean £56,550 a year, and 1.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. With a B+ overall, West End is better than 72% of UK towns and ranks #43 of 76 in Hampshire. Add cost of living to its strengths (A−): homes sell for a median £315,000, about 4.9 times local household income. The drawback is schools — primary results beat nearly a third of towns in England; secondary results beat 36% of towns in England.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things West End 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 West End is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 4 buildings inside West End’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
4% 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 West End. Best known first.
CastleSouthampton Castle4.6 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleNetley Castle4.9 km outside town, to the south
Art gallerySouthampton City Art Gallery4.2 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumSeaCity Museum4.3 km outside town, to the southwest
Museum · English HeritageMedieval Merchants House4.8 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 West End.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
One scheduled monument lies in West End. Conservation areas cover 2% of the town’s land, lower than both Hampshire’s towns (4%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the town’s 2 primary schools, 58% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). GCSE results at the 8 secondary schools within 3 km: just over two in five pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 44.2. Some 780 pupils attend West End’s two primaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint James' Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 570 | B− |
14% of households rent privately. Social housing holds 8% of households, below Hampshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The £315,000 median rests on 490 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £468,750 | 156 |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | 112 |
| Terraced | £264,750 | 118 |
| Flat or maisonette | £161,750 | 104 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. The median resident of West End is 46.8 years old. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. 30% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Hampshire’s towns (33%) and England’s towns (34%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| West End | Hampshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 33% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town. The nearest A&E to West End is Southampton General Hospital, 4.1 miles away. At the census, 16% of people here had a disability, close to Hampshire’s towns (17%) and below England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | West End | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 86% of commuters, higher than both Hampshire’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%). Of the commuters living in West End, 8% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 0.7.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Over the year to August 2026, 644 offences were reported in West End, along with 123 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up 46% of the total. Violent crime ran at 24.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above Hampshire’s towns (20.7) and England’s towns (22) alike.
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 nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West End | 10,865 | — | B+ | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Hedge End | 23,195 | 1.8 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 2.5 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Southampton | 249,633 | 2.5 | D | C | D− | C− |
| Botley | 5,900 | 2.8 | B | B− | C− | B+ |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 2.9 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Bursledon | 8,072 | 3 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
| Chilworth | 1,169 | 3.3 | — | C+ | C+ | A− |
Chilworth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 64% of towns in England, and primary results trail 68% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). West End has 2 state schools; places are handled by Hampshire council.
About the middle for its size: 38% 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+.
Town in Hampshire, England
West End is a built-up area of 10,865 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
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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