Leigh Park
Havant 008 · 4 sub-areas · 6,454 residents
Havant 008, in the Havant district of the South East, is home to around 6,400 people and stands out for its high proportion of social housing — nearly half of all households rent from the council. A typical two-bedroom home lets for around £1,060 a month, noticeably below the national median, though rents still consume a significant share of take-home pay for most residents.
Leigh Park is a settled residential pocket of Havant. The bigger gravitational centre is London, around 102 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Overview
What's it like to live in Leigh Park?
2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,127 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Leigh Park in Havant
Living in Leigh Park
Havant 008 is one of the more affordable corners of the South East, but affordability here comes with a distinct social character. Close to half of all households are in social housing — an unusually high concentration for this part of England — which shapes the feel of the area more than almost any other single fact. It's a working neighbourhood, not a gentrifying one, and that's reflected in its demographics and services.
On cost, the numbers are genuinely competitive for the region. A two-bedroom home runs around £1,060 a month, and a three-bedroom closer to £1,325 — meaningfully less than you'd pay in nearby Portsmouth or across much of coastal Hampshire. The trade-off is that, with a median resident salary of around £30,800 a year, renters here are still putting a significant portion of their income towards housing. Council tax (Band D) runs to about £2,320 a year, broadly typical for the area.
The population skews noticeably young — over a quarter of residents are under 18, the highest share in any standard-age breakdown here, which points to a lot of families with children. Single-person households make up around one in four, and the area is predominantly owner-occupied or social rented, with private renting making up only about 12% of tenures. The degree-qualified share, at under 15%, is well below the national average, and this is not a neighbourhood drawing large numbers of graduate professionals.
Practically, the area is a car-dependent one: nearly two in three residents drive to work, and public transport accounts for only around 6% of commutes. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2 km away — about a 26-minute walk — so you'll want a car or bike. Broadband is fully gigabit-enabled across the area, which is a genuine plus. For sub-areas and street-level detail, see the streets and sub-areas below.
What you'll need on day one
Compare Leigh Park with
Frequently asked
- Is Havant 008 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're looking for. Rents are affordable by South East standards, greenspace is within easy walking distance for most residents, and broadband is excellent. The trade-offs are a higher-than-average crime rate, below-average school quality across the catchment, and a car-dependent layout. It suits families on tighter budgets more than young professionals.
- What is the rent in Havant 008?
- A typical one-bedroom runs around £834 a month, a two-bedroom about £1,063, and a three-bedroom closer to £1,325. These are estimates based on local sale prices scaled from district-level official data. Rents rose around 2% over the past year.
- Is Havant 008 safe?
- Crime runs at around 133 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — noticeably above the UK average of roughly 80 per 1,000. The area ranks in the bottom 15% nationally on the deprivation index, which tends to correlate with higher acquisitive crime. It's worth checking local crime maps for the specific streets you're considering.
- What's the commute from Havant 008 to London?
- The rail journey to London takes just over 100 minutes on public transport. The nearest mainline station is about 2 km away — roughly a 26-minute walk — so most residents drive or cycle to it. For daily commuting to London, the journey time makes it a stretch.
- Who lives in Havant 008?
- Mostly families and longer-term residents. Nearly half of all households are in social housing, and over a quarter of the population is under 18. The area is predominantly UK-born, with a low degree-qualified share. Private renters make up only around 12% of households — this isn't a neighbourhood with a large transient or graduate population.
- What schools are near Havant 008?
- There are 54 schools within 2 km, but only around 24% are rated Good or Outstanding — well below the national average of around 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 800 metres away. Families should check individual Ofsted ratings and current catchment boundaries before making a decision.
- How affordable is buying a home in Havant 008?
- The median house price is around £228,000, and with a local median salary of roughly £30,800, you'd need about 3.7 years of savings to reach a typical deposit. That's one of the more achievable deposit timescales in the South East, where ratios are often considerably higher.