SO40 9JN

Marchwood & Eling · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 9BG 123 m
SO40 9EB 128 m
SO40 9BJ 145 m
SO40 9BE 148 m
SO40 9EA 165 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 9JN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 November 2008
Terminated
1 May 2010
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 9
Latitude
50.913140
Longitude
-1.490271
British National Grid easting
435,931
British National Grid northing
112,755

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
E00117305
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 005C · E01023084
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 005 · E02004783

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
29
Secondary
5
  1. Eling Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    436 m
  2. GLADE School

    Other independent special school

    545 m
  3. Forest Park School

    Community special school

    665 m

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 511
  • Public order 110
  • Anti social behaviour 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 83
  • Other theft 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO40 9 residents
5,420

Age bands in SO40 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

1,044 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

589 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

1,389 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

1,657 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

1,158 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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    697 m

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82112

    1.7 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82024

    3.3 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

    98 OAKLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY PARK, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4NZ

    ODS code J82213

    3.3 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    4.3 km

  • CHEVIOT ROAD SURGERY

    1 SHIRLEY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5RP

    ODS code J82062

    4.3 km

  • THE SHIRLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    355 SHIRLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3JD

    ODS code J82088

    4.3 km

  • ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH

    ODS code J82115

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Rushington Roundabout

    BCT · Totton

    0.0 miles
  • Rushington Roundabout

    BCT · Totton

    0.0 miles
  • Brokenford Lane

    BCT · Totton

    0.1 miles
  • Culford Way

    BCT · Rushington

    0.2 miles
  • Culford Way

    BCT · Rushington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 005C, 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

28,837 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
6 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

41 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 5 secondary schools. Eling Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 436 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 511 events.

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