# South Hayling

Town in Havant, South East.

South Hayling is a town in Havant, South East. Median sale price £335,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 68.2 per 1,000 people. About 15,389 people.

Town. Code E63006624. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant)

South Hayling is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Hayling add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £335,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in South Hayling was £335,000 in 2025. Joint 316th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 15,305** (2021). South Hayling had 15,305 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 526th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 72%** (2022). About 72% of people in South Hayling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 82.7%** (January 2026). In South Hayling, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006624) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 72% of people in South Hayling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006624) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 255 homes were sold in South Hayling in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006624) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for South Hayling.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006624) (Census 2021, England and Wales): South Hayling had 15,305 usual residents at the census.

## How South Hayling compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | South Hayling | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £335,000 | joint 53rd cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 15,305 | 87th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 72% | joint 77th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 82.7% | joint 41st lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is South Hayling safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Hayling at a rate of 68.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Hayling.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (504), other crime (205) and anti-social behaviour (126).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Hayling was 69.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in South Hayling, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Hayling has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in South Hayling

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Havant 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022937) | 1,302 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.7% |
| [Havant 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022943) | 1,367 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| [Havant 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022946) | 2,010 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.9% |
| [Havant 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022940) | 1,548 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.1% |
| [Havant 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022942) | 1,468 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.3% |
| [Havant 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022945) | 2,243 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
| [Havant 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022936) | 1,475 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.0% |
| [Havant 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022938) | 1,726 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.5% |
| [Havant 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022939) | 1,532 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.1% |
| [Havant 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022941) | 1,452 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.1% |

## Your MP

- [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/havant): Alan Mak (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant)

## Postcode districts covering South Hayling

[PO11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po11)

## Middle areas in South Hayling

[Hayling Eastoke](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/hayling-eastoke), [Hayling West & North](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/hayling-west-and-north), [South Hayling](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/south-hayling)

## Towns near South Hayling

[Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth), [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/town/havant), [Emsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/emsworth), [Waterlooville](https://openindex.co.uk/town/waterlooville), [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport), [Selsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/selsey)

## South Hayling in brief

South Hayling is a town in Havant, South East.
About 15,389 people lived in South Hayling in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £335,000 in 2025 across 255 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in South Hayling was £335,000 in 2025.
South Hayling had 15,305 usual residents at the census.
About 72% of people in South Hayling live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Hayling, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006624
- Constituency: [Havant †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/havant)
- Council: [Havant †](https://openindex.co.uk/havant)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.08 km²
- People, mid-2024: 15,389*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 51

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth), [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/town/havant), [Emsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/emsworth), [Waterlooville](https://openindex.co.uk/town/waterlooville), [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport), [Selsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/selsey)

## Latest updates for South Hayling

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006624

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-hayling
