Hampshire · South East

East Hampshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics

East Hampshire is a district of Hampshire in the South East, home to 125,744 people at the 2021 census. The average house price was £440,541 in July 2026, down 1.2% on a year earlier and up 9.2% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 59th highest average price of 360 council areas. 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £47,630 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is retail, wholesale & motor trade, with 16.2% of the 43,125 employee jobs counted in 2024.

East Hampshire house prices

Average price, July 2026

£440,541

South East: £380,878

Change over 1 year

−1.2%

South East: +0.2%

Change over 5 years

+9.2%

Since July 2021

Detached
£706,108
Semi-detached
£430,578
Terraced
£332,813
Flat or maisonette
£198,995
First-time buyers
£309,663

UK House Price Index, July 2026: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.

Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorer

Jobs, pay and unemployment in East Hampshire

Claimant rate, August 2026

2.1%

1,565 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%

Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

78.5%

UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey

Economically inactive

18.2%

UK: 21.0%

Median full-time pay, 2025

£47,630 a year

UK: £39,039

Median weekly pay, 2025

£901

UK: £767

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

Claimant count, Annual Population Survey and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (resident analysis), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorer

What East Hampshire does for a living

Employee jobs, 2024

43,125

44,245 in 2019

Businesses, 2026

6,485

Largest sectors by share of employee jobs, 2024
SectorShare of jobsGreat Britain
Retail, wholesale & motor trade16.2%13.6%
Education11.6%8.6%
Health & social care11.6%14.1%
Manufacturing10.4%7.2%
Professional & scientific9.3%9.2%
Hotels, pubs & restaurants8.1%7.8%

Business Register and Employment Survey 2024 (Great Britain only). UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Every sector and business size in the industries explorer

Who lives in East Hampshire

Residents, 2021

125,744

People per km², 2021

244

England and Wales: 395

Aged 65 and over

23.1%

England and Wales: 18.4%

Aged under 15

16.3%

England and Wales: 17.3%

Homes owned

73.0%

England and Wales: 61.5%

Homes rented privately

13.0%

England and Wales: 20.3%

Homes socially rented

12.5%

England and Wales: 17.1%

Degree or higher (16+)

38.7%

England and Wales: 33.8%

No qualifications (16+)

13.1%

England and Wales: 18.2%

Good or very good health

85.1%

England and Wales: 82.0%

Born in the UK

90.5%

England and Wales: 83.2%

Census 2021 topic summaries (TS001, TS006, TS007A, TS054, TS067, TS037, TS004), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Any neighbourhood's census profile in the census explorer

How East Hampshire ranks among UK councils

40 official indicators are published for East Hampshire; 29 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

Where it ranks worst

ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.

All 40 indicators in the area scorecard

Health in Hampshire

These figures are published for county councils, so they are for Hampshire, which includes East Hampshire.

  • Life expectancy (male) (2025)81.7 years · England 80.0 · 21st highest of 151
  • Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.0 years · England 83.8 · 28th highest of 151
  • Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)64.2 years · England 60.9 · 24th highest of 151
  • Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)65.1 years · England 61.3 · 22nd highest of 151
  • Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)267.6 per 100k · England 321.0 · 24th lowest of 151
  • Adult smoking prevalence (2024)7.7% · England 10.4 · 23rd lowest of 148
  • Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)63.7% · England 64.6 · 61st lowest of 153

OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-02. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.

The full health profile in the health explorer

Schools and children in Hampshire

These figures are published for county councils, so they are for Hampshire, which includes East Hampshire.

  • School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)71.9% · England 68.3 · 19th highest of 153
  • GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.9 score · England 46.0 · 71st highest of 153
  • 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)5.4% · England 5.8 · 89th lowest of 150
  • Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)11.3% · England 19.8 · 19th lowest of 153

OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, carrying DfE / ONS education measures. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-04. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.

Nearby schools and more in the education explorer

Nearby council areas

Other districts in Hampshire

About these figures

East Hampshire (E07000085) is a district council area in the South East, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.

Sources

  • HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
  • Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
  • ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
  • OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
  • Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.