Property market
The five-year median is £267,000 from 4,033 recorded sales in SO16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Southampton is £235,362 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.
SO16
UK postcode district
Part of Southampton
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,888
- Current units
- 1,542
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 12
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 346
Postcode sectors in SO16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
31,878 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 42, Beaulieu Close, Southampton, SO16 8ED | 24 July 2026 | £325,000 |
| 5, Sedbergh Road, Southampton, SO16 9HH | 20 July 2026 | £150,000 |
| 116, Windermere Avenue, Southampton, SO16 9GB | 17 July 2026 | £280,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 5
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,098
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,315
- Criminal damage and arson 441
- Anti social behaviour 413
- Public order 363
- Vehicle crime 339
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SO16 usual residents
- 70,040
- Age-profile population
- 70,315
Age bands in SO16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 12,661 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.3%
- 10,773 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.3%
- 19,176 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.4%
- 16,437 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 16%
- 11,268 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,524 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 1,465 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,309 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
ALDERMOOR SURGERY
ALDERMOOR CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 5ST
ODS code J82092
BROOK HOUSE SURGERY
98 OAKLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY PARK, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4NZ
ODS code J82213
BURGESS ROAD SURGERY
357A BURGESS ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 3BD
ODS code J82001
LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE
LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY
ODS code J82002
SOLENT GP SURGERY
ADELAIDE HEALTH CENTRE, WILLIAM MACLEOD WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4XE
ODS code J82024
STONEHAM LANE SURGERY
CITY GATEWAY, PARKVILLE ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 2JA
ODS code J82087
Evidence in context
Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 5 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,098 published events cover 12 months, averaging 425 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,315 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.