Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Key figures

16 of 16 measures have a published figure for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not our estimates.

• 3,141 births and 4,248 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 1,107.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 2,109.
• International migration (net) added 1,013 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 23.
• Altogether the population fell by 2,180 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Liberal Democrat and Independent coalition (2026) — Liberal Democrat 28, Other and independent 21, Conservative 9, Labour 8, Green 7, Reform UK 3 of 76 seats.

Since 2016: Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2019–2021); Conservative (2022); Liberal Democrat (largest party, no overall majority) (2023–2024); Liberal Democrat and Independent coalition (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

35,158 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 86.6 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 6.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£37,493
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,141people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013378,888people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022400,196people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026378,888people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026400,195people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026378,888people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026400,195people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026400,189people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026378,888people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026400,196people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026378,888people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026400,192people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 0.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20268,570people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20263.4%
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 7.5% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,436
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20264,248people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,192kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202512.3%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202610,512kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 0.3 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026-1.6%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · down 1.6% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£312,162
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202517.5
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20255%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202519.8%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-2,109people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20264,945people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,013people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,932people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-1,107people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202623people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025408,967people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.3 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20263%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 3.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,399
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 5.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£729

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £1,842Year ending March 2021→£2,436Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,842 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,436 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £594 or 32.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,436 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,842 in the year ending March 2021 = £594, which is 32.2% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,435.58 and 1,841.77, and 2,435.58 − 1,841.77 = 593.81.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,842 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,436 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £594 or 32.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £29,8532018→£37,4932025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £29,853 in 2018 to £37,493 in 2025, a change of £7,640 or 25.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £37,493 in 2025 − £29,853 in 2018 = £7,640, which is 25.6% of the figure for 2018.

  8 published years spanning 7 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £29,853 in 2018 to £37,493 in 2025, a change of £7,640 or 25.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5542018→£7292025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £554 in 2018 to £729 in 2025, a change of £175 or 31.7%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £729 in 2025 − £554 in 2018 = £175, which is 31.7% of the figure for 2018.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 728.90 and 553.60, and 728.90 − 553.60 = 175.30.

  8 published years spanning 7 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £554 in 2018 to £729 in 2025, a change of £175 or 31.7%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 1,103Year to mid-2012→-2,109Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, net internal migration by local authority fell from 1,103 in Year to mid-2012 to -2,109 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 3,212 or 291.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -2,109 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,103 in Year to mid-2012 = −3,212, which is 291.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, net internal migration by local authority fell from 1,103 in Year to mid-2012 to -2,109 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 3,212 or 291.2% (ONS).

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• 3,403Year to mid-2012→4,945Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, international migration into a local authority rose from 3,403 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,945 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,542 or 45.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  4,945 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,403 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,542, which is 45.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, international migration into a local authority rose from 3,403 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,945 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,542 or 45.3% (ONS).

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• 2,600Year to mid-2012→3,932Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, international migration out of a local authority rose from 2,600 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,932 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,332 or 51.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,932 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,600 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,332, which is 51.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, international migration out of a local authority rose from 2,600 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,932 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,332 or 51.2% (ONS).

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• 803Year to mid-2012→1,013Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, net international migration by local authority rose from 803 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,013 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 210 or 26.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,013 in Year to mid-2025 − 803 in Year to mid-2012 = 210, which is 26.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, net international migration by local authority rose from 803 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,013 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 210 or 26.2% (ONS).

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• 4,564Year to mid-2012→3,141Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, births by local authority fell from 4,564 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,141 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,423 or 31.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,141 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,564 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,423, which is 31.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, births by local authority fell from 4,564 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,141 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,423 or 31.2% (ONS).

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• 4,121Year to mid-2012→4,248Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, deaths by local authority rose from 4,121 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,248 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 127 or 3.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  4,248 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,121 in Year to mid-2012 = 127, which is 3.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, deaths by local authority rose from 4,121 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,248 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 127 or 3.1% (ONS).

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• 443Year to mid-2012→-1,107Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 443 in Year to mid-2012 to -1,107 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,550 or 349.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -1,107 in Year to mid-2025 − 443 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,550, which is 349.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 443 in Year to mid-2012 to -1,107 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,550 or 349.9% (ONS).

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• 675Year to mid-2012→23Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, other population change by local authority fell from 675 in Year to mid-2012 to 23 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 652 or 96.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  23 in Year to mid-2025 − 675 in Year to mid-2012 = −652, which is 96.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, other population change by local authority fell from 675 in Year to mid-2012 to 23 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 652 or 96.6% (ONS).

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Compare Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Birmingham
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Leeds
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and North Yorkshire
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Somerset
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Cornwall
• Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole said then and says now, with the periods named. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.