Property market
The five-year median is £420,000 from 2,565 recorded sales in SO51. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Test Valley is £372,348 in June 2026, down 0.2% year on year.
SO51
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,373
- Current units
- 881
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East, South West
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 492
Postcode sectors in SO51
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,928 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Withy Close, Romsey, SO51 7SA | 24 July 2026 | £615,000 |
| 17, Oatlands, Romsey, SO51 0GU | 24 July 2026 | £485,000 |
| 36, Ganger Farm Way, Ampfield, Romsey, SO51 0DG | 17 July 2026 | £475,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,459
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 603
- Shoplifting 146
- Anti social behaviour 131
- Public order 106
- Criminal damage and arson 98
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SO51 usual residents
- 30,022
- Age-profile population
- 29,681
Age bands in SO51
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 27%
4,495 residents
2,518 residents
6,398 residents
8,256 residents
8,014 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 850 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%
670 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 443 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 14 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
ABBEYWELL SURGERY
THE ABBEY, ROMSEY, SO51 8EN
ODS code J82145
ALMA ROAD SURGERY
ALMA ROAD, ROMSEY, SO51 8ED
ODS code J82074
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,459 published events cover 12 months, averaging 121.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 603 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.