East Hampshire: local statistics
East Hampshire is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 130,599 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 East Hampshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In the year to March 2026, 5,640 offences were recorded by police in East Hampshire: 43.2 per 1,000 people, the 50th highest rate of 55 in the South East. The rate was 44.0 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 41.6 to 53.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Full-time employees living in East Hampshire earned a median £901.40 a week in April 2025 (£47,630 a year). That is 10.6% above the figure for the South East and the 11th highest of 64 in the South East. For full-time jobs located in East Hampshire the median is £728.30 a week (−£173.10 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £577.20, so it has risen 56% before inflation.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in East Hampshire is £2,343.92, 5.0% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 54th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,502.56.
In August 2026, 1,565 people in East Hampshire were on the claimant count, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 2.0%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.8% (November 2022) and 2.6% (August 2021).
The average house price in East Hampshire was £440,541 in July 2026, down 1.2% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it 20th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest (regional average £380,878). Since July 2016 prices have risen 22%; the July high in the series was £445,947 in 2025. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in East Hampshire (£47,630) gives a ratio of 9.2. That ratio is mid-table in the South East, 33rd of 64.
130,599 people lived in East Hampshire in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.6% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +10.0%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole. That is the 23rd fastest growth of all 64 council areas in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In 2022 to 2024, women in East Hampshire had a life expectancy at birth of 85.0 years; for men it was 82.3, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.8 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.2 more. It is the 25th highest for women of 64 in the South East.
The ONS counted 7,145 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in East Hampshire in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. That is 55 for every 1,000 residents, the 19th highest of 64 in the South East.
An estimated 78.5% of people aged 16 to 64 living in East Hampshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 6.3 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 74.5% and its highest 85.8%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 118,760 |
| 2016 | 118,817 |
| 2017 | 119,451 |
| 2018 | 120,647 |
| 2019 | 122,154 |
| 2020 | 123,725 |
| 2021 | 126,192 |
| 2022 | 127,296 |
| 2023 | 128,944 |
| 2024 | 129,865 |
| 2025 | 130,599 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £360,028 |
| July 2017 | £370,917 |
| July 2018 | £391,047 |
| July 2019 | £378,187 |
| July 2020 | £391,068 |
| July 2021 | £403,592 |
| July 2022 | £437,097 |
| July 2023 | £437,523 |
| July 2024 | £445,377 |
| July 2025 | £445,947 |
| July 2026 | £440,541 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £577.20 a week |
| 2016 | £611.10 a week |
| 2017 | £651.50 a week |
| 2018 | £649.30 a week |
| 2019 | £657.80 a week |
| 2020 | £625.10 a week |
| 2021 | £633.50 a week |
| 2022 | £697.40 a week |
| 2023 | £729.60 a week |
| 2024 | £824.20 a week |
| 2025 | £901.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,502.56 |
| 2017-18 | £1,564.02 |
| 2018-19 | £1,649.53 |
| 2019-20 | £1,713.85 |
| 2020-21 | £1,784.36 |
| 2021-22 | £1,870.05 |
| 2022-23 | £1,931.56 |
| 2023-24 | £2,028.25 |
| 2024-25 | £2,123.67 |
| 2025-26 | £2,231.64 |
| 2026-27 | £2,343.92 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 41.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 46.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 49.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 53.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 51.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 42.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 53.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 52.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 48.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 44.0 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 43.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.1% |
| 2016/17 | 79.3% |
| 2017/18 | 75.5% |
| 2018/19 | 83.0% |
| 2019/20 | 84.2% |
| 2020/21 | 76.0% |
| 2021/22 | 83.7% |
| 2022/23 | 75.6% |
| 2023/24 | 85.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74.5% |
| 2025/26 | 78.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.4 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,975 |
| 2017 | 7,060 |
| 2018 | 7,075 |
| 2019 | 7,200 |
| 2020 | 7,170 |
| 2021 | 7,155 |
| 2022 | 7,200 |
| 2023 | 7,080 |
| 2024 | 7,080 |
| 2025 | 7,010 |
| 2026 | 7,145 |
Questions about East Hampshire
What is the crime rate in East Hampshire?
43.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average salary in East Hampshire?
£901.40 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in East Hampshire?
£2,343.92 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Hampshire?
1,565 in August 2026 (2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average house price in East Hampshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £440,541.
What is the population of East Hampshire?
130,599 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in East Hampshire?
85.0 years for women and 82.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over East Hampshire
Every body that makes decisions for East Hampshire, 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
- East Hampshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Hampshire 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
- East Hampshire: Damian Hinds (Conservative) MP
- Farnham and Bordon: Gregory Stafford (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: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Bracknell Forest · Chichester · Crawley · Dartford · Havant · Test Valley
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