SO30 2SS

Botley · Eastleigh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southampton
Ward
Botley
Local authority
Eastleigh
Constituency
Hamble Valley
Postcode district
SO30
Postcode sector
SO30 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO30 2RJ 32 m
SO30 2SR 37 m
SO30 2NY 90 m
SO30 2RG 122 m
SO30 0PG 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO30 2SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO30
Postcode sector
SO30 2
Latitude
50.911636
Longitude
-1.288646
British National Grid easting
450,107
British National Grid northing
112,705

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Eastleigh · E07000086
Electoral ward
Botley · E05011188
Parish or community
E04004529
Westminster constituency
Hamble Valley · E14001263
Output area
E00115145
Lower layer super output area
Eastleigh 012A · E01022651
Middle layer super output area
Eastleigh 012 · E02004723

Postcode source versions

Explore SO30

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Sovereign Drive, Botley, Southampton, SO30 2SS 13 September 2023 £365,000
16, Sovereign Drive, Botley, Southampton, SO30 2SS 14 October 2022 £410,000
4, Sovereign Drive, Botley, Southampton, SO30 2SS 18 September 2020 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
26
Secondary
4
  1. Freegrounds Infant School

    Community school

    499 m
  2. Freegrounds Junior School

    Community school

    499 m
  3. Kings Copse Primary School

    Community school

    883 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
836
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 335
  • Shoplifting 159
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Public order 58
  • Other theft 45

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

18 female, 17 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.1
SO30 2 residents
13,708

Age bands in SO30 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.4%

2,816 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,455 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.8%

3,844 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,722 residents

Age 65 and over
14.4%

1,992 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO30 2 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

4

within 5 km

  • THE PEARTREE PRACTICE

    SULLIVAN ROAD, SHOLING, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 0HS

    ODS code J82101

    3.8 km

  • BROOK LANE SURGERY

    233A BROOK LANE, SARISBURY GREEN, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 7DQ

    ODS code J82216

    4.6 km

  • HAMBLE VALLEY HEALTH

    SATCHELL LANE, HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 4NQ

    ODS code J82051

    4.8 km

  • WEST END ROAD SURGERY

    62 WEST END ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO18 6TG

    ODS code J82040

    5.0 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

  • Marls Road

    BCT · Hedge End

    0.1 miles
  • Marls Road

    BCT · Hedge End

    0.1 miles
  • Sovereign Drive

    BCT · Hedge End

    0.2 miles
  • Sovereign Drive

    BCT · Hedge End

    0.2 miles
  • Tripps End

    BCT · Hedge End

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Eastleigh 012A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,097 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
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 £387,500 from 2 recorded sales in SO30 2SS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Eastleigh is £308,476 in June 2026, up 1.7% year on year.

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Freegrounds Infant School is the nearest published school at 499 m.

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

Recorded crime

836 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 335 events.

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