Rushmoor: local statistics
Rushmoor is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 106,185 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 Rushmoor, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A Band D home in Rushmoor pays an average of £2,320.28 in council tax in 2026-27, up £107.46 on 2025-26. It is 58th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,490.07, so it has risen 56%.
4,125 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Rushmoor in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. That is 39 for every 1,000 residents, the 52nd highest of 64 in the South East.
The median full-time employee living in Rushmoor was paid £728.30 a week before tax in April 2025 (£37,883 a year). It is the 53rd highest of the 64 council areas in the South East, and 10.7% less than across the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £780.30, £52.00 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £517.50: a change of +41% before inflation.
Homes in Rushmoor sold for an average of £326,771 in July 2026, a rise of 0.5% in twelve months. It ranks as the 49th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. This July figure is the highest in the series, 18% up on July 2016. The average price is 8.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Rushmoor. That ratio is 42nd of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
Life expectancy at birth in Rushmoor is 83.4 years for women and 80.5 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.1 years for women and +1.2 for men. It is the 50th highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
An estimated 82.0% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Rushmoor were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.0 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 76.7% and its highest 88.1%.
106,185 people lived in Rushmoor in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +0.7% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +8.7% (the South East: +8.1%). That is close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (29th fastest growth). The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In August 2026, 2,090 people in Rushmoor were on the claimant count, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. A year earlier the rate was 2.9%. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.9% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.5% in September 2023.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Rushmoor 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 | 97,682 |
| 2016 | 99,385 |
| 2017 | 99,590 |
| 2018 | 99,372 |
| 2019 | 99,756 |
| 2020 | 100,140 |
| 2021 | 100,096 |
| 2022 | 101,022 |
| 2023 | 103,064 |
| 2024 | 105,444 |
| 2025 | 106,185 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £276,008 |
| July 2017 | £281,836 |
| July 2018 | £283,322 |
| July 2019 | £278,476 |
| July 2020 | £277,560 |
| July 2021 | £292,394 |
| July 2022 | £319,416 |
| July 2023 | £322,075 |
| July 2024 | £315,698 |
| July 2025 | £325,162 |
| July 2026 | £326,771 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £517.50 a week |
| 2016 | £545.60 a week |
| 2017 | £551.50 a week |
| 2018 | £609.20 a week |
| 2019 | £635.50 a week |
| 2020 | £652.10 a week |
| 2021 | £680.00 a week |
| 2022 | £671.00 a week |
| 2023 | £713.00 a week |
| 2024 | £724.40 a week |
| 2025 | £728.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,490.07 |
| 2017-18 | £1,555.13 |
| 2018-19 | £1,642.65 |
| 2019-20 | £1,710.46 |
| 2020-21 | £1,776.22 |
| 2021-22 | £1,861.76 |
| 2022-23 | £1,922.17 |
| 2023-24 | £2,018.12 |
| 2024-25 | £2,110.28 |
| 2025-26 | £2,212.82 |
| 2026-27 | £2,320.28 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 86.7% |
| 2016/17 | 81.6% |
| 2017/18 | 85.4% |
| 2018/19 | 81.4% |
| 2019/20 | 83.8% |
| 2020/21 | 76.7% |
| 2021/22 | 78.6% |
| 2022/23 | 79.0% |
| 2023/24 | 88.1% |
| 2024/25 | 82.8% |
| 2025/26 | 82.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.8 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,940 |
| 2017 | 4,125 |
| 2018 | 4,115 |
| 2019 | 4,145 |
| 2020 | 4,160 |
| 2021 | 4,160 |
| 2022 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3,920 |
| 2024 | 3,945 |
| 2025 | 4,050 |
| 2026 | 4,125 |
Questions about Rushmoor
How much is Band D council tax in Rushmoor?
£2,320.28 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Rushmoor?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Rushmoor was £728.30 a week in April 2025 (£37,883 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Rushmoor?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £326,771.
What is life expectancy in Rushmoor?
83.4 years for women and 80.5 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Rushmoor?
106,185 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Rushmoor?
The ONS claimant count was 2,090 in August 2026, 3.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Rushmoor
Every body that makes decisions for Rushmoor, 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
- Rushmoor council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Rushmoor 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
- Aldershot: Alex Baker (Labour) 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 Rushmoor, because the Home Office tables do not give Rushmoor 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 average weekly earnings growth · UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the South East: Eastbourne · Gravesham · Hart · Lewes · Spelthorne · Woking
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