Free headline figures · October 2026

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole care market

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's population aged 85+ grows 43% by 2035, slower than England. It has about the same number of care home beds per person aged 85+ as England overall, and the council pays £1,220 a week for residential care.

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Care homes1304,152 beds

Home care and community services132registered with CQC

People aged 85+13,93019,889 by 2035, +43% (England +45%)

Beds per 1,000 aged 85+298England 304

Rated Good or better96%of rated care homes

Council residential fee£1,220a week, 13th highest of 152 (England £956)

Council nursing fee£1,293a week, 17th highest of 152 (England £1,089)

Council home care rate£26.75an hour, 26th highest of 152 (England £25.05)

Beds the council funds38%England 43%

Dementia diagnosis rate63%England 66%

In the full reportDistrict by district supply and demand, every care home of 20 beds or more, operators and ownership, who lends to them, how the council pays, what the council says it wants, and our view of the opportunities.

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Sources: CQC active locations, 1 October 2026 (dual registrations counted once); ONS subnational population projections, 2022 based; DHSC Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund fee reporting 2025 to 2026 (provisional, self reported); DHSC Adult social care finance report 2024 to 2025; NHS England Primary Care Dementia Data, June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.