Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 5,178 residents in Hampshire, South East.
Taken together, its subjects give Whitehill a B+ overall, better than 72% of UK towns. That places it #44 of 76 in Hampshire. Prices are modest for what you get (A): homes sell for a median £332,500, about 5 times local household income. Schools lag (C−): primary results beat 8% of towns in England; secondary results beat 45% of towns in England. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B for health and B for jobs & income.
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.
The 2 things Whitehill 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 Whitehill is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Whitehill’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*, and 3 scheduled monuments.
7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Whitehill.
Social renters account for 10% of households. 14% rent privately, below Hampshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Private rents average £1,262 a month across the East Hampshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £475,000 | 92 |
| Semi-detached | £331,250 | 74 |
| Terraced | £280,000 | 87 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | 17 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
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. There is one school here; it is shown below. At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, 50% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlea Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 184 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 7% of the total. Whitehill has 3 scheduled monuments. Relative to its size, Whitehill keeps 17 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Average household income comes to £59K a year before tax. 11% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Hampshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (27%). For a quarter of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
For its size, Whitehill records less crime per resident than 70% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. 153 crimes and 15 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside the town’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. 55% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
Seeing a GP means leaving Whitehill: the nearest practice is 0.7 miles away. Self-reported good health: 84% of the town’s residents. 4.3% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2021 | Whitehill | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.3% | 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 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.
Line up the people of Whitehill by age and the one in the middle is 43.6. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Hampshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Among adults, 28% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Whitehill | Hampshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 33% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
9 listed buildings in Whitehill.
Church of St Matthew: Photo: Ericoides · CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Lodge: Photo: Shazz · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehill | 5,178 | — | B+ | A | B | B |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 0.9 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 1.5 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 2.9 | B+ | B− | A− | A− |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 3.5 | A | B | B− | A− |
| Liss | 4,749 | 4 | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Hill Brow and Rake | 1,200 | 4.9 | — | C+ | A | A− |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 5.4 | — | B | A | A− |
Hill Brow and Rake and Holybourne have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Hampshire council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Hampshire, England
Whitehill is a built-up area of 5,178 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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