PO4 9EF

Central Southsea · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southsea
Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South
Postcode district
PO4
Postcode sector
PO4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO4 9EA 49 m
PO4 9BE 57 m
PO4 9AR 68 m
PO4 9AP 86 m
PO4 8AX 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO4 9EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO4
Postcode sector
PO4 9
Latitude
50.791279
Longitude
-1.066946
British National Grid easting
465,862
British National Grid northing
99,495

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Portsmouth · E06000044
Parish or community
E43000035
Westminster constituency
Portsmouth South · E14001432
Output area
E00086000
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 019A · E01017023
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 019 · E02003542

Postcode source versions

Explore PO4

56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Devonshire Avenue, Southsea, PO4 9EF 8 May 2026 £230,000
12, Devonshire Avenue, Southsea, PO4 9EF 23 October 2025 £282,500
46, Devonshire Avenue, Southsea, PO4 9EF 25 July 2025 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
37
Secondary
8
  1. Devonshire Infant School

    Community school

    264 m
  2. Fernhurst Junior School

    Community school

    294 m
  3. Wimborne Primary School

    Community school

    363 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8,307
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,492
  • Public order 728
  • Anti social behaviour 721
  • Shoplifting 656
  • Other theft 540

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

37 female, 38 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.3
PO4 9 residents
14,403

Age bands in PO4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

2,198 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

1,533 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.2%

4,403 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

3,731 residents

Age 65 and over
15.9%

2,243 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO4 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

9

within 5 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

    MILTON PARK SURGERY, ST MARY'S HEALTH CAMPUS, MILTON ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 6DW

    ODS code J82194

    1.0 km

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTHESEA MEDICAL CENTRE, CARLISLE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 1AT

    ODS code J82060

    1.1 km

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 36 WAVERLEY ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2PW

    ODS code J82055

    1.2 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    1.7 km

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, 25 OSBORNE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA, PO5 3ND

    ODS code J82028

    1.9 km

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    1.9 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    2.4 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

    KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL

    ODS code J82155

    2.6 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP

    ODS code J82149

    2.9 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

  • Haslemere Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.0 miles
  • Haslemere Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.0 miles
  • Winter Road

    BCT · Eastney

    0.1 miles
  • Devonshire Square

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Devonshire Square

    BCT · Southsea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 019A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,637 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £298,750 from 6 recorded sales in PO4 9EF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Portsmouth is £250,999 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.

Schools

56 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 8 secondary schools. Devonshire Infant School is the nearest published school at 264 m.

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

Recorded crime

8,307 published events cover 12 months, averaging 692.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,492 events.

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