What's the median rent in Houndmills & Oakridge?

The median monthly rent across Houndmills & Oakridge is £1,324.

How well-connected is Houndmills & Oakridge?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 12 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Houndmills & Oakridge?

There are 19 schools within 2 km of Houndmills & Oakridge, of which 42% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 444 m away.

What is the council tax band in Houndmills & Oakridge?

The most common council tax band in Houndmills & Oakridge is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,002. Council tax is set by Basingstoke and Deane council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Houndmills & Oakridge to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Houndmills & Oakridge to central London is approximately 52 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Houndmills & Oakridge?

100% of premises in Houndmills & Oakridge are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Houndmills & Oakridge?

Houndmills & Oakridge sits in IMD decile 6 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Houndmills & Oakridge?

51% of households in Houndmills & Oakridge are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Houndmills & Oakridge?

The average property price across Basingstoke and Deane (the local authority covering Houndmills & Oakridge) is approximately £368,598, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Houndmills & Oakridge a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.46 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £39,279.)

Which local areas are part of Houndmills & Oakridge?

Houndmills & Oakridge contains 5 local areas: Basingstoke and Deane 009A, Basingstoke and Deane 009B, Basingstoke and Deane 009D, Basingstoke and Deane 009F, Basingstoke and Deane 009E.

What is the average rent in Houndmills & Oakridge?

The estimated median monthly rent in Houndmills & Oakridge is £1,324. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Houndmills & Oakridge a safe place to live?

Houndmills & Oakridge has a safety score of 24/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Houndmills & Oakridge?

42% of schools within 2 km of Houndmills & Oakridge are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Houndmills & Oakridge?

Public-transport commute time from Houndmills & Oakridge to central London is approximately 52 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Houndmills & Oakridge different from the rest of Basingstoke and Deane?

Houndmills & Oakridge contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Houndmills & Oakridge rank in Basingstoke and Deane?

Houndmills & Oakridge scores 76/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Basingstoke and Deane, see the Cities table on the Basingstoke and Deane page.

Neighbourhood · Basingstoke and Deane · South East

Houndmills & Oakridge

Basingstoke and Deane 009 · 5 sub-areas · 8,628 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Young professionals (70/100)Watch-out: Families (55/100)Liveability 76/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Houndmills & Oakridge is a commuter neighbourhood within Basingstoke and Deane — train into London runs in around 52 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.

Median rent

£1,324+5.6%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

110.1

Bottom quartile

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

52 min

Direct to London

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

42%

19 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

76/100

Top quartile

Population

8,628

5 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Houndmills & Oakridge?

A snapshot of Houndmills & Oakridge

2 parks and 5 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,324 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Houndmills & Oakridge in Basingstoke and Deane

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £1,324 a month — 20% above the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band C.

Median rentCouncil area

£1,324/mo

Up 5.6% on last year

+£224 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£1,491/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,002/yr · £167/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

4.0 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−20% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £1,225/mo · £613/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£941/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£1,225/mo£613/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£1,481/mo£494/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£2,095/mo£524/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£1,082/mo

Terraced house£1,317/mo

Semi-detached£1,445/mo

Detached house£1,895/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

50%

of take-home

£1,324/mo per person · take-home £2,650/moA stretch

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

23%

of take-home

£613/mo per person · take-home £2,650/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

19%

of take-home

£494/mo per person · take-home £2,650/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

25%

of take-home

£662/mo per person · take-home £2,650/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£1,657/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£315,000

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£368,5982.1% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,657/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.7%

Years to save 10% deposit4.0 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,255/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,255/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£2,002/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B3%

Households in fuel poverty7.1%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Houndmills & Oakridge?

Safety scores 24/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running in line with the national average (110.1 per 1,000 residents per year).

Crime / 1k / yr

110.1

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 15 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

24/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

6/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

56.5 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

15.1 /1k

Public order

7.3 /1k

Vehicle crime

3.1 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

9.2 /1k

Burglary

2.5 /1k

Other theft

5.4 /1k

Shoplifting

1.9 /1k

Drugs

2.6 /1k

Theft from the person

1.1 /1k

Possession of weapons

2.3 /1k

Robbery

0.9 /1k

Bicycle theft

0.9 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Houndmills & Oakridge

Strong transport links — 90/100; nearest rail station is Basingstoke at around 940 m; 82 bus stops within five minutes' walk; London is reachable in 52 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

90/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

52 min

Direct to London

WFH share

32%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Basingstoke

940 m walk · 52 min to London

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Out of metro reach

Nearest metro is more than 5 km away.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: London in 52 min

London

52 min

Manchester

230 min

Birmingham

121 min

Leedsapprox

250 min

Liverpoolapprox

242 min

Bristolapprox

104 min

Sheffield

191 min

Edinburghapprox

364 min

Glasgowapprox

391 min

Cardiffapprox

128 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)32% work from home

Drive43%Public transport6%Walk / cycle18%Work from home32%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area95%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Houndmills & Oakridge

19 schools within a 2 km radius; around 42% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Dove House Academy, is around 301 m away.

School scoreHow? →

96/100

Best 5% nationally

Schools within 2 km

9 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

42%

Of all schools within 2 km

−27.9 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Dove House Academy

301 m from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
The Vyne Community School	Community School	Good	241 m
Dove House Academy	Academy Special Converter	Outstanding	301 m
Oakridge Infant School	Community School	Good	382 m
Oakridge Junior School	Community School	Good	382 m
Chiltern Way Academy Futures	Academy Alternative Provision Sponsor Led	Inadequate	1.5 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Houndmills & Oakridge?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs3≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants1≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety1≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas2≤ 2 km
Theatres3≤ 2 km
Museums2≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds5≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)82≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)82≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Houndmills & Oakridge right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

55/100

Mixed

Schools (42% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

70/100

Good fit

Transport scores 90/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

59/100

Mixed

Rent, safety, or liveability falls below what most couples prioritise — worth comparing against nearby neighbourhoods.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

68/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~642 m, hospital ~0.9 km), greenspace is walkable, and 15% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

59/100

Mixed

Yield, growth, or rental demand are weak relative to peers — better-fitting BTL areas exist nearby.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

62/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is thin (15% PRS), 29% of households are single-person, and transit is on the doorstep.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 demographic profile.

Age profile

Under 1820%18–3424%35–4921%50–6420%65+15%

Tenure

Owned51%Private rent15%Social rent32%

Households

One person29%Couple with children22%Lone parent13%Other8%

Property types

Flat28%Terraced25%Semi-detached36%Detached5%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 34/100

Ethnic group

White80%Asian9%Black4%Mixed4%Other2%

Country of birth

UK-born75%Born outside UK26%

Religion

Christian41%Muslim2%No religion43%Other9%

Education and health30% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)30.2%−3.3 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications19.3%

Self-rated good or very good health82.4%

Self-rated bad or very bad health4.2%

Disabled (Equality Act)17.2%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.46 jobs per resident); median resident salary £39,279/year; 2.8% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£39,279/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

6.3%

ONS ILO method — 68% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

95,000

0.46 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 6.3% · 68% economically active · 32% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 6.3% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed64%Unemployed4%Inactive32%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 2.8% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

14.1%

Retail & hospitality

23.6%

Education

5.9%

Manufacturing

5.3%

Professional

8.1%

Construction

5.6%

Tech & ICT

7.7%

Finance

2.9%

Net commute flow: +84,259 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Houndmills & Oakridge

5 sub-areas and 183 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Basingstoke and Deane 009A	£1,324	76	41	85	View →
Basingstoke and Deane 009B	£1,324	64	23	90	View →
Basingstoke and Deane 009D	£1,324	81	24	94	View →
Basingstoke and Deane 009F	£1,324	77	15	92	View →
Basingstoke and Deane 009E	£1,324	33	29	72	View →

Postcodes covered

In Basingstoke and Deane 009D

RG21 4ER RG21 4EY RG21 4HD RG21 4HF RG21 4HP RG21 5AF RG21 5AG RG21 5GU RG21 5GX RG21 5GY RG21 5GZ RG21 5HH RG21 5HJ RG21 5HP RG21 5HR RG21 5HS RG21 5HT RG21 5LP RG21 5NG RG21 5NH RG21 5NL RG21 5NN RG21 5NU RG21 5NZ RG21 5PE RG21 5PF RG21 5PG RG21 5PL RG21 5PN RG21 5PP RG21 5PR RG21 5PS RG21 5PT RG21 5PU

In Basingstoke and Deane 009B

RG21 5AB RG21 5AD RG21 5AE RG21 5NW RG21 5NX RG21 5NY RG21 5PA RG21 5PB RG21 5PD RG21 5QJ RG21 5RP RG21 5RR RG21 5RS RG21 5RT RG21 5RU RG21 5RZ RG21 5SA RG21 5SB RG21 5SD RG21 5SE RG21 5SF RG21 5SG RG21 5SH RG21 5SJ RG21 5SN RG21 5SP RG21 5SR RG21 5SS RG21 5ST RG21 5SU RG21 5SW RG21 5SX RG21 5TE RG21 5TF RG21 5TG RG21 5TH RG21 5TJ

In Basingstoke and Deane 009A

RG21 5LA RG21 5LB RG21 5LJ RG21 5LL RG21 5LQ RG21 5QA RG21 5QB RG21 5QD RG21 5QE RG21 5QF RG21 5QG RG21 5QH RG21 5QL RG21 5QN RG21 5QP RG21 5QR RG21 5QS RG21 5QT RG21 5QU RG21 5QW RG21 5QX RG21 5QY RG21 5QZ RG21 5RA RG21 5RG RG21 5RH RG21 5RJ RG21 5RN RG21 5RW RG21 5RX RG21 5RY RG21 5SQ RG21 5TA

In Basingstoke and Deane 009F

RG21 5NA RG21 5NB RG21 5ND RG21 5NJ RG21 5NP RG21 5NQ RG21 5NR RG21 5NS RG21 5NT RG21 5TB RG21 5TD RG21 5UH RG21 6AJ RG21 6AL RG21 6AP RG21 6AQ RG21 6AR RG21 6AW RG21 6AZ RG21 6BA RG21 6BB RG21 6BD RG21 6BE RG21 6BG RG21 6BH RG21 6BJ RG21 6BL RG21 6XD RG21 6XL RG21 6XR RG21 6XX

In Basingstoke and Deane 009E

RG21 5TL RG21 5TN RG21 5TP RG21 5TQ RG21 5TR RG21 5TS RG21 5TT RG21 5TU RG21 5TW RG21 5TX RG21 5UA RG21 5UB RG21 5UD RG21 5UE RG21 5UF RG21 5UG RG21 5UJ RG21 5UQ RG21 5UT RG21 6AB RG21 6AH RG21 6AS RG21 6AT RG21 6AU RG21 6AX RG21 6AY RG21 6BF RG21 6BN RG21 6QD RG21 6TZ RG21 6UA RG21 6UG RG21 6WP RG21 6XE RG21 6XG RG21 6XH RG21 6XJ RG21 6XN RG21 6XP RG21 6XQ RG21 6XW RG21 6YB RG21 6YH RG21 6YJ RG21 6YL RG21 6YS RG21 6YT RG21 6YU

Compare with…

How does Houndmills & Oakridge compare to neighbouring areas?

One-click side-by-side comparisons against 6 sibling neighbourhoods in Basingstoke and Deane. Rent, safety, transport, schools, total cost of living — all the same metrics, two areas at a time.

Compare

Houndmills & Oakridge vs Kings Furlong

Basingstoke and Deane→

Compare

Houndmills & Oakridge vs Chineham

Basingstoke and Deane→

Compare

Houndmills & Oakridge vs Basingstoke Central, Black Dam & Eastrop

Basingstoke and Deane→

Compare

Houndmills & Oakridge vs Daneshill & Little Basing

Basingstoke and Deane→

Compare

Houndmills & Oakridge vs Popley

Basingstoke and Deane→

Compare

Houndmills & Oakridge vs Brighton Hill

Basingstoke and Deane→

Set up your move

What you'll need on day one

Set up your home

Slot

Compare broadband at Houndmills & Oakridge

See providers, speeds and prices for this postcode

Compare deals →

Set up your home

Slot

Switch energy on your move-in date

Compare gas + electricity tariffs

Switch tariff →

Cover your stuff

Slot

Renters' contents insurance

From £5/month — bundle with car or pet cover

Get a quote →

Plan your move

Slot

Compare removal quotes

Get instant quotes from rated local firms

Get quotes →

FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Houndmills & Oakridge?: The median monthly rent across Houndmills & Oakridge is £1,324.
How safe is Houndmills & Oakridge?: Houndmills & Oakridge has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Houndmills & Oakridge?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 12 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Houndmills & Oakridge?: There are 19 schools within 2 km of Houndmills & Oakridge, of which 42% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 444 m away.
What is the council tax band in Houndmills & Oakridge?: The most common council tax band in Houndmills & Oakridge is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,002. Council tax is set by Basingstoke and Deane council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Houndmills & Oakridge to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Houndmills & Oakridge to central London is approximately 52 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Houndmills & Oakridge?: 100% of premises in Houndmills & Oakridge are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Houndmills & Oakridge?: Houndmills & Oakridge sits in IMD decile 6 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Houndmills & Oakridge?: 51% of households in Houndmills & Oakridge are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Houndmills & Oakridge?: The average property price across Basingstoke and Deane (the local authority covering Houndmills & Oakridge) is approximately £368,598, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Houndmills & Oakridge a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.46 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £39,279.)
Which local areas are part of Houndmills & Oakridge?: Houndmills & Oakridge contains 5 local areas: Basingstoke and Deane 009A, Basingstoke and Deane 009B, Basingstoke and Deane 009D, Basingstoke and Deane 009F, Basingstoke and Deane 009E.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Houndmills & Oakridge

Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.

What is the average rent in Houndmills & Oakridge?: The estimated median monthly rent in Houndmills & Oakridge is £1,324. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Houndmills & Oakridge a safe place to live?: Houndmills & Oakridge has a safety score of 24/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Houndmills & Oakridge?: 42% of schools within 2 km of Houndmills & Oakridge are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Houndmills & Oakridge?: Public-transport commute time from Houndmills & Oakridge to central London is approximately 52 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Houndmills & Oakridge different from the rest of Basingstoke and Deane?: Houndmills & Oakridge contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Houndmills & Oakridge rank in Basingstoke and Deane?: Houndmills & Oakridge scores 76/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Basingstoke and Deane, see the Cities table on the Basingstoke and Deane page.

Looking elsewhere? Back to Basingstoke and Deane · Browse the map