Sandleheath has a population of 680, making it the 95th largest place in Hampshire.
#95
of 142 in Hampshire
The other populations of Sandleheath
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Sandleheath has between 680 and 1,545 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
680 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
1,545 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: New Forest population trends, 2001–2025.
Sandleheath in context
3 km
north to Alderholt, the nearest larger town
45,948
people live within 10 km
#4,696
largest of 6,358 UK places
571
food businesses in New Forest
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Sandleheath sits in postcode district BH24.
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Population since 2001
New Forest, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district BH24
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Hampshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockbridge | 757 |
| 2 | West Meon | 724 |
| 3 | Hambledon | 702 |
| 4 | Hurstbourne Tarrant | 676 |
| 5 | Droxford | 675 |
| 6 | St Mary Bourne | 671 |