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Eastleigh

Sourced, comparable data for Eastleigh — part of the same registry used across all 13 ceremonial-Hampshire authorities.

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Official name
Eastleigh
ONS geography code
E07000086
Authority type
Borough (two-tier)
City status
Not a city
County council
Hampshire County Council

Eastleigh in five numbers

Population

142,933

people

current

5th highest of 13 authorities

Economy

80.7%

Employment rate

Apr 2025-Mar 2026

+5.2pp vs England

4th most favourable of 13 authorities

Housing

£345,000

Median house price

Year ending Sep 2025

8.1× local earnings

Crime

60.4 per 1,000

Police-recorded rate

year ending March 2024

-23.1 offences per 1,000 population vs England

6th most favourable of 12 authorities

Education

16.6%

Persistent absence rate

2023/24

-3.4pp vs England

5th most favourable of 13 authorities

What these numbers say

Eastleigh has a population of around 142,933, making it one of the larger of the 13 Hampshire authorities by population.

The employment rate stands at 80.7%. This is +5.2pp against the Great Britain figure of 75.5%. Among the 13 Hampshire authorities with a published figure, Eastleigh ranks 4th most favourable of 13 authorities on this measure.

The median house price is £345,000. The median house price is 8.1× local median full-time earnings.

The police-recorded crime rate is 60.4 per 1,000 population (England: 83.5 per 1,000). The persistent school-absence rate is 16.6% against an England figure of 20%.

Indicators are shown side by side. Association is described; no causal link between any two is implied.

Population

2 measures

Eastleigh's population and age profile compared with the other 12 Hampshire authorities.

Population

142,933
Gosport 82,921Southampton 259,424

Hampshire median: 135,201 across 13 of 13 authorities.

Median age

41.8 years
Southampton 34.3 yearsNew Forest 52.4 years

Hampshire median: 43.6 years across 13 of 13 authorities.

Source: ONS Explore Local Statistics. All 13; confirm each metric geography

Labour market

4 measures

Employment rate ranked against all 13 authorities, with Eastleigh's own labour-market rates shown together.

Employment rate

80.7%
Southampton 73.3%Fareham 87.6%

Hampshire median: 79.3% across 13 of 13 authorities.

Eastleigh's own rates

Employment rate
Economic inactivity rate
Claimant count rate
Model-based unemployment

Source: Nomis. All 13; use median gross annual earnings of full-time residents

Source: Nomis APS source. Local authority and above; flag modelled/sample limitations

Earnings

1 measure

Median full-time resident earnings ranked against all 13 Hampshire authorities.

Median earnings

£42,640
Portsmouth £36,022Hart £48,256

Hampshire median: £41,356 across 13 of 13 authorities.

Source: Nomis. All 13; use median gross annual earnings of full-time residents

Housing

3 measures

House prices have changed since 2020; affordability is shown against local earnings and the other 12 authorities.

Year ending Sep 2020

£302,500

Year ending Sep 2025

£345,000

Change

+14%

2 published data points (GBP) — not a continuous series; no intermediate years are shown or implied.

Median house price

£345,000
Gosport £252,750Hart £465,000

Hampshire median: £360,000 across 13 of 13 authorities.

Median private rent

£950/mo
Gosport £850/moWinchester £1,200/mo

Hampshire median: £995/mo across 13 of 13 authorities.

House price to earnings ratio

8.1×
Gosport 6.8×Winchester 10.3×

Hampshire median: 8.5× across 13 of 13 authorities.

Source: ONS local housing. All 13; show provisional status and exact month

Deprivation

2 measures

Share of neighbourhoods in the most-deprived national decile, and children in relative low income, compared with all 13 authorities.

Share of neighbourhoods in most-deprived deciles

0%
Winchester 0%Portsmouth 12%

Hampshire median: 0% across 13 of 13 authorities.

Children in relative low-income families

18.5%
Hart 12.3%Southampton 31%

Hampshire median: 18.5% across 13 of 13 authorities.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Use LSOA distributions, not a single simplistic authority rank

Source: DWP Children in Low Income Families local area statistics. All 13; use the relative low-income, after-housing-costs measure for comparability

Crime

1 measure

Police-recorded crime rate ranked against the other Hampshire authorities with a published figure.

Police-recorded crime rate

60.4 per 1,000
Hart 40.8 per 1,000Southampton 121 per 1,000

Hampshire median: 60.6 per 1,000 across 12 of 13 authorities. Not yet published for Gosport.

Source: Local authority Community Safety Partnership strategic assessments. Each authority publishes its own document with its own reference period — never assume a shared period across authorities; check each figure’s own date

Health outcomes

1 measure

Life expectancy by sex since 2001-2003, and the NHS services covering Eastleigh.

2001-2003 vs 2022 to 2024 — two published editions, not a continuous series.

Baseline is calculated from the published change since 2001-2003 (see Table view for the exact figures) — a UK Facts calculation, not an independently re-verified ONS figure for that year.

GP surgeries per 10,000 population

1.4 per 10,000
Basingstoke and Deane 1.1 per 10,000Gosport 2.8 per 10,000

Hampshire median: 1.7 per 10,000 across 13 of 13 authorities.

NHS and local service access

Acute trust(s)
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Mental-health trust
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Ambulance service
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Principal hospital(s)
Southampton General Hospital (nearest, no acute hospital sited within Eastleigh itself)
Named emergency department(s)
Southampton General Hospital Emergency Department (nearest, no ED sited within Eastleigh itself)

Source: ONS life expectancy for local areas of the UK. All 13; preserve the exact pooled period

Education

3 measures

School attendance and exclusion measures compared with the other 12 authorities.

Adult and children's social-care performance and Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process data for this area are published at Hampshire County Council geography, not as a separate figure for Eastleigh.

Persistent absence rate

16.6%
Hart 14.4%Gosport 23.4%

Hampshire median: 17.2% across 13 of 13 authorities.

Permanent exclusion rate

0 per 100 pupils
Eastleigh 0 per 100 pupilsSouthampton 0.1 per 100 pupils

Hampshire median: 0.1 per 100 pupils across 13 of 13 authorities.

Special schools in the authority

1
Gosport 0New Forest 12

Hampshire median: 6 across 13 of 13 authorities.

Source: DfE SEN in England 2025/26. Use with pupil and school geography clearly labelled

Source: DfE data catalogue. Use only releases with suitable geography; label school-location vs responsible-LA

Politics

2 measures

Council political control and parliamentary representation for Eastleigh.

Council political control
Liberal Democrat-led administration
Parliamentary representation
Eastleigh — Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat)

Source: Official council political-balance / LGA council-control records. All 13; each authority publishes its own election-results page — use the per-authority page, not a single aggregated source

Source: Commons Library election results. Use 2024 boundaries and explicit comparison basis

Council finance

1 measure

Band D council tax (the district/borough element) compared with the other 10 district and borough authorities.

Portsmouth and Southampton are excluded from this comparison: as unitary authorities they set a whole council tax bill, while the 11 authorities shown here set only their own small district/borough element — the two are not comparable figures.

Band D council tax

£132
Eastleigh £132Gosport £271

Hampshire median: £197 across 11 of 13 authorities.

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England. All 13; use the figure excluding local/parish precepts for cross-authority comparability

What we can't tell you yet

Every measure tracked on this page has a published figure for Eastleigh.

Profile content last built: 30 July 2026.