Property market
The five-year median is £325,000 from 3,060 recorded sales in SO40. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for New Forest is £380,310 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.
SO40
UK postcode district
Part of Southampton
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,455
- Current units
- 1,081
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 374
Postcode sectors in SO40
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
24,862 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 28, Boakes Place, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7FF | 24 July 2026 | £490,000 |
| 44, Testwood Crescent, Totton, Southampton, SO40 3NG | 24 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 19, Shetland Close, Totton, Southampton, SO40 8HY | 17 July 2026 | £377,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,361
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,126
- Public order 214
- Anti social behaviour 178
- Criminal damage and arson 175
- Other theft 157
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SO40 usual residents
- 41,106
- Age-profile population
- 41,027
Age bands in SO40
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- 6,694 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 3,990 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.3%
- 9,569 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- 11,720 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.1%
- 9,054 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 1,014 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, 911 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 666 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 9 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
2
in this district
NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
1 HAZEL FARM ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 8WU
ODS code J82112
TESTVALE SURGERY
12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY
ODS code J82132
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,361 published events cover 12 months, averaging 197 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,126 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.