South East
RegionSouth England. 9,691,844 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 19,088 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Most deprived 10%Least
There is no English Indices of Deprivation 2025 figure for South East’s neighbourhoods yet.
How South East compares
Each dot is a region. The black line marks the middle one.
South EastMiddle
Average house price12 regions, UK · Jul 2026
£380,8782nd most expensive
Annual price change12 regions, UK · Jul 2026
+0.2%3rd weakest
Population estimate12 regions, UK · 2025
9,691,844most populated
Annual population change12 regions, UK · 2025
+0.6%3rd fastest growing
Female life expectancy12 regions, UK · 2022 to 2024
84.4 years2nd highest
People in radon Affected Area squares12 regions, UK · 2022
47%joint 6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Every region ranked: average house price, annual price change, population estimate, annual population change, female life expectancy and people in radon affected area squares.
House prices since 2000
Monthly average house price, smoothed. South East’s is 3.6 times its 2000 level, slower than England’s.
Councils in South East
| Name | Average house price, Jul 2026 | Population, 2025 | Female lifespan, 2022 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdurDistrict | £380,120 | 64,802 | 84.0 years |
| ArunDistrict | £321,460 | 172,326 | 83.9 years |
| AshfordDistrict | £347,562 | 142,523 | 83.9 years |
| Basingstoke and DeaneDistrict | £370,223 | 194,037 | 84.3 years |
| Bracknell ForestUnitary authority | £395,413 | 132,145 | 85.2 years |
| Brighton and HoveUnitary authority | £408,948 | 284,170 | 83.6 years |
| BuckinghamshireUnitary authority | £479,736 | 584,296 | 85.5 years |
| CanterburyDistrict | £337,454 | 162,612 | 83.7 years |
| CherwellDistrict | £356,935 | 172,178 | 84.1 years |
| ChichesterDistrict | £432,078 | 130,224 | 84.8 years |
| CrawleyDistrict | £332,384 | 124,462 | 84.1 years |
| DartfordDistrict | £347,773 | 126,297 | 83.1 years |
| DoverDistrict | £277,750 | 121,055 | 83.6 years |
| East HampshireDistrict | £440,541 | 130,599 | 85.0 years |
| EastbourneDistrict | £254,636 | 103,894 | 83.3 years |
| EastleighDistrict | £310,283 | 143,710 | 85.2 years |
| ElmbridgeDistrict | £748,080 | 142,484 | 86.0 years |
| Epsom and EwellDistrict | £568,214 | 83,370 | 85.7 years |
| FarehamDistrict | £333,599 | 115,373 | 85.3 years |
| Folkestone and HytheDistrict | £303,296 | 112,163 | 83.0 years |
| GosportDistrict | £240,696 | 82,618 | 82.3 years |
| GraveshamDistrict | £344,923 | 111,221 | 83.7 years |
| GuildfordDistrict | £532,917 | 152,148 | 85.4 years |
| HartDistrict | £481,051 | 103,335 | 86.2 years |
| HastingsDistrict | £238,757 | 90,855 | 81.6 years |
| HavantDistrict | £315,820 | 127,362 | 83.4 years |
| HorshamDistrict | £441,654 | 152,016 | 85.5 years |
| Isle of WightUnitary authority | £245,900 | 140,777 | 84.0 years |
| LewesDistrict | £368,408 | 102,648 | 84.8 years |
| MaidstoneDistrict | £352,722 | 191,415 | 83.9 years |
| MedwayUnitary authority | £298,547 | 292,697 | 82.6 years |
| Mid SussexDistrict | £430,777 | 163,566 | 85.2 years |
| Milton KeynesUnitary authority | £330,419 | 308,866 | 83.0 years |
| Mole ValleyDistrict | £555,858 | 88,808 | 85.6 years |
| New ForestDistrict | £384,977 | 175,930 | 85.3 years |
| OxfordDistrict | £471,667 | 165,940 | 84.1 years |
| PortsmouthUnitary authority | £251,220 | 211,475 | 82.6 years |
| ReadingUnitary authority | £349,550 | 183,762 | 83.3 years |
| Reigate and BansteadDistrict | £480,824 | 159,413 | 85.0 years |
| RotherDistrict | £337,816 | 96,150 | 83.0 years |
| RunnymedeDistrict | £477,182 | 93,013 | 83.9 years |
| RushmoorDistrict | £326,771 | 106,185 | 83.4 years |
| SevenoaksDistrict | £538,714 | 123,183 | 85.3 years |
| SloughUnitary authority | £335,759 | 167,450 | 82.6 years |
| South OxfordshireDistrict | £476,026 | 158,084 | 86.0 years |
| SouthamptonUnitary authority | £235,977 | 259,230 | 82.6 years |
| SpelthorneDistrict | £439,609 | 107,188 | 84.9 years |
| Surrey HeathDistrict | £457,988 | 95,094 | 85.1 years |
| SwaleDistrict | £298,985 | 160,671 | 83.2 years |
| TandridgeDistrict | £482,599 | 90,322 | 85.2 years |
| Test ValleyDistrict | £368,131 | 135,698 | 84.9 years |
| ThanetDistrict | £269,708 | 143,618 | 82.0 years |
| Tonbridge and MallingDistrict | £407,880 | 137,913 | 84.6 years |
| Tunbridge WellsDistrict | £456,227 | 120,098 | 84.9 years |
| Vale of White HorseDistrict | £413,773 | 152,217 | 85.4 years |
| WaverleyDistrict | £553,429 | 137,218 | 85.9 years |
| WealdenDistrict | £391,211 | 168,308 | 85.0 years |
| West BerkshireUnitary authority | £403,682 | 165,523 | 84.7 years |
| West OxfordshireDistrict | £418,586 | 121,412 | 85.4 years |
| WinchesterDistrict | £463,025 | 136,856 | 86.3 years |
| Windsor and MaidenheadUnitary authority | £575,036 | 159,776 | 85.4 years |
| WokingDistrict | £439,916 | 106,197 | 85.3 years |
| WokinghamUnitary authority | £496,537 | 189,024 | 85.8 years |
| WorthingDistrict | £297,200 | 113,844 | 83.5 years |
South East in brief
South East’s average house price was £380,878 in July 2026.
South East’s population was an estimated 9,691,844 in mid-2025.
A baby girl born in South East could expect to live 84.4 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
About 47% of people in South East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.