Basingstoke and Deane: local statistics
Basingstoke and Deane is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 194,037 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Basingstoke and Deane, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Basingstoke and Deane is £2,255.21, up £107.34 on 2025-26. It is the 2nd lowest in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,427.91.
The ONS counted 8,260 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Basingstoke and Deane in March 2026, 6% fewer than in 2016. That is 43 for every 1,000 residents, 44th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest.
Basingstoke and Deane had an estimated 194,037 residents in mid-2025, up 0.6% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 9.7% (the South East: +8.1%). That is the 25th fastest growth of all 64 council areas in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The average house price in Basingstoke and Deane was £370,223 in July 2026, up 1.0% on July 2025. That is close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (34th highest); the average for the South East was £380,878. This July figure is the highest in the series, 26% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Basingstoke and Deane (£44,809) gives a ratio of 8.3. That ratio is 47th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
Life expectancy at birth in Basingstoke and Deane is 84.3 years for women and 81.5 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.9 years for women and +0.5 for men. It is mid-table in the South East, 34th of 64.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Basingstoke and Deane took home £823.10 a week before tax, or £44,809 over a year. That is 1.0% above the figure for the South East and close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (32nd highest). Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £806.30, £16.80 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £622.40, so it has risen 32% before inflation.
The claimant count for Basingstoke and Deane stood at 3,325 in August 2026, or 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. That compares with 2.6% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.3% (May 2024) and 3.2% (August 2021).
An estimated 80.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Basingstoke and Deane were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 5.6 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 78.2% and its highest 88.9%.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Basingstoke and Deane on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Hampshire police force area: 151,788 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 3,053 fewer than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 176,838 |
| 2016 | 178,352 |
| 2017 | 179,083 |
| 2018 | 179,828 |
| 2019 | 181,396 |
| 2020 | 183,125 |
| 2021 | 185,713 |
| 2022 | 188,147 |
| 2023 | 191,157 |
| 2024 | 192,965 |
| 2025 | 194,037 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £294,695 |
| July 2017 | £304,177 |
| July 2018 | £306,404 |
| July 2019 | £289,970 |
| July 2020 | £298,950 |
| July 2021 | £316,234 |
| July 2022 | £349,384 |
| July 2023 | £356,682 |
| July 2024 | £354,073 |
| July 2025 | £366,717 |
| July 2026 | £370,223 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £622.40 a week |
| 2016 | £643.90 a week |
| 2017 | £653.70 a week |
| 2018 | £681.10 a week |
| 2019 | £667.30 a week |
| 2020 | £670.80 a week |
| 2021 | £726.60 a week |
| 2022 | £720.00 a week |
| 2023 | £761.00 a week |
| 2024 | £834.10 a week |
| 2025 | £823.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,427.91 |
| 2017-18 | £1,493.59 |
| 2018-19 | £1,581.32 |
| 2019-20 | £1,648.45 |
| 2020-21 | £1,715.24 |
| 2021-22 | £1,802 |
| 2022-23 | £1,862.69 |
| 2023-24 | £1,953.93 |
| 2024-25 | £2,045.90 |
| 2025-26 | £2,147.87 |
| 2026-27 | £2,255.21 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.3% |
| 2016/17 | 84.0% |
| 2017/18 | 88.9% |
| 2018/19 | 87.1% |
| 2019/20 | 82.9% |
| 2020/21 | 78.4% |
| 2021/22 | 81.7% |
| 2022/23 | 83.2% |
| 2023/24 | 80.0% |
| 2024/25 | 78.2% |
| 2025/26 | 80.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,765 |
| 2017 | 8,910 |
| 2018 | 8,990 |
| 2019 | 9,145 |
| 2020 | 9,245 |
| 2021 | 9,195 |
| 2022 | 8,645 |
| 2023 | 8,295 |
| 2024 | 8,165 |
| 2025 | 8,145 |
| 2026 | 8,260 |
Questions about Basingstoke and Deane
How much is Band D council tax in Basingstoke and Deane?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,255.21 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Basingstoke and Deane?
The ONS estimates 194,037 people lived in Basingstoke and Deane in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Basingstoke and Deane?
£370,223 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.0% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Basingstoke and Deane?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.5 years for men and 84.3 for women.
What is the average salary in Basingstoke and Deane?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Basingstoke and Deane was £823.10 a week in April 2025 (£44,809 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Basingstoke and Deane?
3,325 in August 2026 (2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
Who has power over Basingstoke and Deane
Every body that makes decisions for Basingstoke and Deane, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Basingstoke and Deane council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Basingstoke and Deane in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Basingstoke: Luke Murphy (Labour) MP
- East Hampshire: Damian Hinds (Conservative) MP
- North East Hampshire: Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrat) MP
- North West Hampshire: Kit Malthouse (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole Hampshire police force area, not just Basingstoke and Deane, because the Home Office tables do not give Basingstoke and Deane on its own. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK population · UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the South East: Arun · Maidstone · New Forest · Portsmouth · Reading · Wokingham
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