SO40 2WG

Totton North · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 2SS 74 m
SO40 2WD 89 m
SO40 2SG 120 m
SO40 2WL 125 m
SO40 2ST 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 2WG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 2
Latitude
50.930741
Longitude
-1.516133
British National Grid easting
434,100
British National Grid northing
114,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004587
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117285
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 002B · E01023082
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 002 · E02004780

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
4
  1. Calmore Infant School

    Community school

    271 m
  2. Calmore Junior School

    Foundation school

    271 m
  3. Oakfield Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,111
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 534
  • Public order 101
  • Criminal damage and arson 85
  • Shoplifting 81
  • Anti social behaviour 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO40 2 residents
8,811

Age bands in SO40 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,375 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

847 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

1,924 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,415 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,004 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    1 HAZEL FARM ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 8WU

    ODS code J82112

    1.6 km

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    2.2 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

    ADELAIDE HEALTH CENTRE, WILLIAM MACLEOD WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4XE

    ODS code J82024

    4.9 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Friars Croft

    BCT · Calmore

    0.0 miles
  • Farm Close

    BCT · Calmore

    0.1 miles
  • Farm Close

    BCT · Calmore

    0.1 miles
  • Stocklands

    BCT · Calmore

    0.1 miles
  • Buckland Gardens

    BCT · Calmore

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 002B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,726 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Calmore Infant School is the nearest published school at 271 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 534 events.

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