Test Valley
Sourced, comparable data for Test Valley — part of the same registry used across all 13 ceremonial-Hampshire authorities.
- Official name
- Test Valley
- ONS geography code
- E07000093
- Authority type
- Borough (two-tier)
- City status
- Not a city
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
Test Valley in five numbers
135,201
people
current
7th highest of 13 authorities
76.9%
Employment rate
Apr 2025-Mar 2026
11th most favourable of 13 authorities
£365,000
Median house price
Year ending Sep 2025
8.8× local earnings
58.9 per 1,000
Police-recorded rate
year ending March 2024
5th most favourable of 12 authorities
16.2%
Persistent absence rate
2023/24
4th most favourable of 13 authorities
What these numbers say
Test Valley has a population of around 135,201, making it one of the larger of the 13 Hampshire authorities by population.
The employment rate stands at 76.9%. This is +1.4pp against the Great Britain figure of 75.5%. Among the 13 Hampshire authorities with a published figure, Test Valley ranks 11th most favourable of 13 authorities on this measure.
The median house price is £365,000. The median house price is 8.8× local median full-time earnings.
The police-recorded crime rate is 58.9 per 1,000 population (England: 83.5 per 1,000). The persistent school-absence rate is 16.2% 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 measuresTest Valley's population and age profile compared with the other 12 Hampshire authorities.
Population
Hampshire median: 135,201 across 13 of 13 authorities.
Median age
Hampshire median: 43.6 years across 13 of 13 authorities.
Source: ONS Explore Local Statistics. All 13; confirm each metric geography
Labour market
4 measuresEmployment rate ranked against all 13 authorities, with Test Valley's own labour-market rates shown together.
Employment rate
Hampshire median: 79.3% across 13 of 13 authorities.
Test Valley's own rates
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 measureMedian full-time resident earnings ranked against all 13 Hampshire authorities.
Median earnings
Hampshire median: £41,356 across 13 of 13 authorities.
Source: Nomis. All 13; use median gross annual earnings of full-time residents
Housing
3 measuresHouse prices have changed since 2020; affordability is shown against local earnings and the other 12 authorities.
Year ending Sep 2020
£314,995
Year ending Sep 2025
£365,000
Change
+15.9%
2 published data points (GBP) — not a continuous series; no intermediate years are shown or implied.
Median house price
Hampshire median: £360,000 across 13 of 13 authorities.
Median private rent
Hampshire median: £995/mo across 13 of 13 authorities.
House price to earnings ratio
Hampshire median: 8.5× across 13 of 13 authorities.
Source: ONS local housing. All 13; show provisional status and exact month
Deprivation
2 measuresShare of neighbourhoods in the most-deprived national decile, and children in relative low income, compared with all 13 authorities.
Share of neighbourhoods in the most-deprived 10% nationally (IMD 2025)
Share of neighbourhoods in most-deprived deciles
Hampshire median: 0% across 13 of 13 authorities.
Children in relative low-income families, after housing costs
Children in relative low-income families
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 measurePolice-recorded crime rate ranked against the other Hampshire authorities with a published figure.
Police-recorded crime rate
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 measureLife expectancy by sex since 2001-2003, and the NHS services covering Test Valley.
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
Hampshire median: 1.7 per 10,000 across 13 of 13 authorities.
NHS and local service access
- Acute trust(s)
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (serves the Andover area) and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (serves the Romsey area) — Test Valley spans both trusts' catchments
- Mental-health trust
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Ambulance service
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Principal hospital(s)
- Andover War Memorial Hospital (community hospital, no A&E, serves the Andover area); Romsey Hospital (community hospital, no A&E, serves the Romsey area)
- Named emergency department(s)
- No A&E sited within Test Valley. Andover area residents use Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Emergency Department (Andover War Memorial Hospital has a Minor Injuries Unit only); Romsey area residents use Southampton General Hospital Emergency Department or Royal Hampshire County Hospital (Winchester) Emergency Department
Source: ONS life expectancy for local areas of the UK. All 13; preserve the exact pooled period
Education
3 measuresSchool attendance and exclusion measures compared with the other 12 authorities.
Persistent absence rate
Hampshire median: 17.2% across 13 of 13 authorities.
Permanent exclusion rate
Hampshire median: 0.1 per 100 pupils across 13 of 13 authorities.
Special schools in the authority
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 measuresCouncil political control and parliamentary representation for Test Valley.
- Council political control
- Conservative control
- Parliamentary representation
- North West Hampshire — Kit Malthouse (Conservative); Romsey and Southampton North — Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
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 measureBand D council tax (the district/borough element) compared with the other 10 district and borough authorities.
Band D council tax
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 Test Valley.
Profile content last built: 30 July 2026.