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PO16 8AB

Wallington & Downend · Fareham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wallington & Downend
Local authority
Fareham
Constituency
Fareham and Waterlooville
Postcode district
PO16
Postcode sector
PO16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO16 8UT 105 m
PO16 8UX 157 m
PO16 8AA 219 m
PO16 8UB 233 m
PO16 8UJ 257 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO16 8AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO16
Postcode sector
PO16 8
Latitude
50.848168
Longitude
-1.164167
British National Grid easting
458,938
British National Grid northing
105,739

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Fareham · E07000087
Electoral ward
Wallington & Downend · E05015679
Parish or community
E43000070
Westminster constituency
Fareham and Waterlooville · E14001233
Output area
E00115718
Lower layer super output area
Fareham 008F · E01022766
Middle layer super output area
Fareham 008 · E02004734

Postcode source versions

Explore PO16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
33
Secondary
8

  1. Cams Hill School

    Academy converter

    450 m

  2. All's Well

    Other independent special school

    911 m

  3. Redlands Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,441
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 601
  • Shoplifting 191
  • Public order 132
  • Anti social behaviour 131
  • Criminal damage and arson 105

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO16 8 residents
10,355

Age bands in PO16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,428 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

887 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

2,106 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

3,090 residents

Age 65 and over
27.4%

2,839 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • CENTRE PRACTICE

    FAREHAM HEALTH CENTRE, CIVIC WAY, FAREHAM, PO16 7ER

    ODS code J82026

    1.1 km

  • WESTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    20B WESTLANDS GROVE, PORTCHESTER, FAREHAM, PO16 9AD

    ODS code J82161

    2.3 km

  • BRIDGEMARY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2-4 GREGSON AVENUE, BRIDGEMARY, GOSPORT, PO13 0HR

    ODS code J82152

    2.4 km

  • PORTCHESTER PRACTICE

    PORTCHESTER HEALTH CENTRE, WEST STREET, PORTCHESTER, FAREHAM, PO16 9TU

    ODS code J82012

    2.6 km

  • GUDGEHEATH LANE SURGERY

    187 GUDGE HEATH LANE, FAREHAM, PO15 6QA

    ODS code J82033

    3.2 km

  • MEON HEALTH PRACTICE

    102 HIGHLANDS ROAD, FAREHAM, PO15 6JF

    ODS code J82154

    3.5 km

  • ROWNER HEALTH CENTRE

    143 ROWNER LANE, ROWNER, GOSPORT, PO13 9SP

    ODS code J82669

    4.0 km

  • STUBBINGTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARK LANE, STUBBINGTON, FAREHAM, PO14 2JP

    ODS code J82104

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Delme Arms

    BCT · Wallington

    0.3 miles

  • Delme Arms

    BCT · Wallington

    0.3 miles

  • Down End Road

    BCT · Wallington

    0.4 miles

  • Bath Lane

    BCT · Wallington

    0.5 miles

  • Bath Lane

    BCT · Wallington

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fareham 008F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,860 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 8 secondary schools. Cams Hill School is the nearest published school at 450 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,441 published events cover 12 months, averaging 120.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 601 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.