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Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £1,398 | £16,776 |
| 1 bedroom | £918 | £11,016 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,169 | £14,028 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,456 | £17,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,080 | £24,960 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£483k): a gross yield of about 3.5%.
| Parkstone | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 22% | 25% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 86 | 38 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team.
| Parkstone | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 8% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| Parkstone | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +2% | +2% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | +3% | +1% | +3% |
| People added per new home, 2021–2024 | 1.2 | 13.0 | 5.1 |
| Housing pressure vs region | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Boscombe West | 5.8 | £179k | +24% | 60% | 0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bournemouth | 5.3 | £196k | +19% | 55% | 0% |
| East Cliff | 4.9 | £204k | +17% | 56% | 0% |
| Westbourne | 4.7 | £215k | +21% | 45% | 0% |
| Poole Town | 4.1 | £269k | +24% | 32% | 0% |
| West Cliff | 3.9 | £270k | +20% | 47% | 0% |
| Springbourne & Queen's Park | 3.7 | £273k | +44% | 42% | 0% |
| West Howe | 3.6 | £303k | +47% | 12% | 0% |
| Charminster | 3.5 | £290k | +36% | 48% | 0% |
| Canford Heath East | 3.5 | £314k | +44% | 19% | 0% |
| Hamworthy East | 3.4 | £320k | +35% | 20% | 0% |
| Hamworthy West | 3.4 | £319k | +50% | 22% | 0% |
| Rossmore | 3.4 | £319k | +52% | 16% | 0% |
| Newtown | 3.4 | £312k | +46% | 19% | 0% |
| Somerford | 3.3 | £293k | +44% | 11% | 62% |
| Kinson East | 3.3 | £334k | +37% | 13% | 0% |
| Bearwood | 3.2 | £343k | +47% | 13% | 0% |
| Kinson West | 3.2 | £328k | +45% | 13% | 0% |
| Boscombe East | 3.2 | £337k | +41% | 39% | 0% |
| Creekmoor | 3.2 | £332k | +48% | 15% | 0% |
| Branksome West | 3.2 | £325k | +49% | 22% | 0% |
| East Howe & Ensbury Park | 3.2 | £337k | +41% | 21% | 0% |
| Throop & Muscliffe | 3.1 | £341k | +44% | 21% | 0% |
| Winton | 3.1 | £340k | +41% | 44% | 0% |
| Oakdale East | 3.0 | £325k | +44% | 21% | 0% |
| Southbourne West | 3.0 | £339k | +49% | 34% | 0% |
| Branksome East | 2.9 | £343k | +37% | 25% | 0% |
| Christchurch Town | 2.9 | £386k | +28% | 22% | 75% |
| Canford Heath West | 2.9 | £368k | +39% | 15% | 0% |
| Oakdale West | 2.8 | £389k | +50% | 11% | 0% |
| Queens Park | 2.8 | £356k | +43% | 26% | 0% |
| Moordown | 2.7 | £391k | +46% | 18% | 0% |
| Townsend & Strouden | 2.7 | £399k | +41% | 14% | 0% |
| Northbourne | 2.6 | £393k | +48% | 15% | 0% |
| Burton & Airport | 2.5 | £430k | +36% | 13% | 2% |
| Iford | 2.5 | £446k | +64% | 18% | 0% |
| Highcliffe & Walkford | 2.4 | £430k | +37% | 13% | 94% |
| Merley | 2.4 | £478k | +48% | 9% | 0% |
| West Highcliffe | 2.3 | £448k | +47% | 11% | 93% |
| Jumpers Common & Fairmile | 2.2 | £455k | +49% | 11% | 9% |
| Penn Hill | 2.2 | £474k | +45% | 24% | 0% |
| Broadstone | 2.1 | £506k | +49% | 7% | 0% |
| Mudeford | 2.1 | £487k | +58% | 13% | 98% |
| Parkstone (this one) | 2.1 | £483k | +44% | 22% | 0% |
| East Southbourne & Hengistbury Head | 2.0 | £521k | +51% | 19% | 0% |
| Branksome Park, Canford Cliffs & Sandbanks | 2.0 | £542k | +29% | 21% | 0% |
| Littledown | 1.9 | £526k | +47% | 18% | 0% |
| Talbot & Branksome Woods | 1.7 | £571k | +37% | 32% | 0% |
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Local Housing Allowance, Bournemouth rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £426 · 1 bed £695 · 2 beds £875 · 3 beds £1,150 · 4 beds £1,550. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 3.34% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 2.36% · 3-bed vs semis 2.69%.