Schools
84 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 9 secondary schools. Cantell School is the nearest published school at 233 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SO16 3UH
Bassett · Southampton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bassett
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
- Postcode district
- SO16
- Postcode sector
- SO16 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SO16 3UH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 2006
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SO
- Postcode district
- SO16
- Postcode sector
- SO16 3
- Latitude
- 50.943416
- Longitude
- -1.401050
- British National Grid easting
- 442,176
- British National Grid northing
- 116,169
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Southampton · E06000045
- Electoral ward
- Bassett · E05015492
- Parish or community
- E43000036
- Westminster constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North · E14001449
- Output area
- E00190525
- Lower layer super output area
- Southampton 001D · E01017148
- Middle layer super output area
- Southampton 001 · E02003549
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SO16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 84
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 9
- 233 m
Cantell School
Foundation school
- 680 m
Great Oaks School
Academy special converter
- 759 m
Vermont School
Academy special sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,500
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 679
- Anti social behaviour 134
- Public order 107
- Other theft 99
- Criminal damage and arson 96
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 167
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SO16 3 residents
- 10,903
86 female, 81 male
Age bands in SO16 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 25.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
1,624 residents
2,695 residents
2,636 residents
2,087 residents
1,384 residents
This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO16 3 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
22
within 5 km
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE SOUTHAMPTON
BUILDING 48, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 1BJ
ODS code J82080
1.1 km
BURGESS ROAD SURGERY
357A BURGESS ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 3BD
ODS code J82001
1.2 km
STONEHAM LANE SURGERY
CITY GATEWAY, PARKVILLE ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 2JA
ODS code J82087
1.7 km
ALDERMOOR SURGERY
ALDERMOOR CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 5ST
ODS code J82092
1.9 km
ALMA ROAD SURGERY
THE SURGERY, 68 ALMA ROAD, PORTSWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 6UX
ODS code J82122
2.4 km
RAYMOND ROAD SURGERY
34 RAYMOND ROAD, UPPER SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5AL
ODS code J82126
3.0 km
WALNUT TREE SURGERY
14 CARLTON ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 2HQ
ODS code J82605
3.2 km
CHEVIOT ROAD SURGERY
1 SHIRLEY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5RP
ODS code J82062
3.2 km
HILL LANE SURGERY
162 HILL LANE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5DD
ODS code J82207
3.2 km
HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM
30 CRANBURY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 0LT
ODS code J82217
3.3 km
THE SHIRLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
355 SHIRLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3JD
ODS code J82088
3.3 km
LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE
LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY
ODS code J82002
3.4 km
ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY
143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH
ODS code J82115
3.6 km
SOLENT GP SURGERY
ADELAIDE HEALTH CENTRE, WILLIAM MACLEOD WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4XE
ODS code J82024
3.9 km
BROOK HOUSE SURGERY
98 OAKLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY PARK, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4NZ
ODS code J82213
4.0 km
WEST END ROAD SURGERY
62 WEST END ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO18 6TG
ODS code J82040
4.2 km
ST. ANDREW'S SURGERY
166 MARKET STREET, EASTLEIGH, SO50 5PT
ODS code J82071
4.2 km
SOUTHAMPTON SEA CITY PARTNERSHIP
ST MARY'S SURGERY, 1 JOHNSON STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 1LT
ODS code J82081
4.2 km
NORTH BADDESLEY SURGERY
NORTON WELCH CLOSE, FLEMING AVENUE, NORTH BADDESLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO52 9EP
ODS code J82121
4.3 km
EASTLEIGH MEDICAL PRACTICE
NEWTOWN ROAD, EASTLEIGH, SO50 9AG
ODS code J82020
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
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
- 0.1 miles
Chamberlain Halls
BCT · Bassett
- 0.1 miles
Hartley Grove
BCT · Bassett
- 0.2 miles
Cantell School
BCT · Bassett
- 0.2 miles
Hartley Grove
BCT · Bassett
- 0.2 miles
Holly Hill
BCT · Bassett
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southampton 001D, 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
30,825 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,500 published events cover 12 months, averaging 125 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 679 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.