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SO40 9LU

Totton South · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Totton South
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 9AH 43 m
SO40 9LT 103 m
SO40 9NA 124 m
SO40 9LA 154 m
SO40 7EP 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 9LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 9
Latitude
50.907325
Longitude
-1.499366
British National Grid easting
435,296
British National Grid northing
112,104

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Totton South · E05014795
Parish or community
E04004587
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117298
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 005D · E01023086
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
34
Primary
24
Secondary
5

  1. Hounsdown School

    Academy converter

    567 m

  2. Foxhills Junior School

    Community school

    919 m

  3. Foxhills Infant School

    Community school

    986 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
997
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 462
  • Public order 93
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Shoplifting 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.

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

4

within 5 km

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82112

    1.5 km

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    1.5 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82213

    4.1 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82024

    4.1 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Hounsdown

    0.1 miles

  • The New Inn

    BCT · Hounsdown

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Way

    BCT · Rushington

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Way

    BCT · Rushington

    0.1 miles

  • Ibbotson Way

    BCT · Hounsdown

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 005D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,900 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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
0
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

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Hounsdown School is the nearest published school at 567 m.

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

Recorded crime

997 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 462 events.

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