# SO16 6QN: area report for a postcode in Southampton

SO16 6QN is a postcode in Southampton.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Southampton. Open the map at SO16 6QN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) › [SO16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so16) › [SO16 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so16-6)

## Around this postcode

- **62 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 2% on July. Southampton 006C: 109 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **Millbrook (Hants), 2.2 km**: About 27 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **8 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **8 of 8 properties in SO16 6QN at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Southampton 006C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **£235,977 average price**: For the whole of Southampton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SO16 6QN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **Low road and rail noise at SO16 6QN**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN
- **12.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Southampton Hospital School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southampton-hospital-school-e140649) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 280 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | – |
| [Shirley Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shirley-infant-school-e138903) | Primary | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Shirley Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shirley-junior-school-e138910) | Primary | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Upper Shirley High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upper-shirley-high-school-e137037) | Secondary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | Attainment 8 of 47.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shirley-warren-primary-and-nursery-school-e116262) | Primary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 25% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wordsworth-primary-and-nursery-school-e141494) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hollybrook Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollybrook-junior-school-e139632) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hollybrook Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollybrook-infant-school-e138898) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2024 | £185,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2026 | £245,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| March 2025 | £380,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| January 2026 | £345,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| April 2026 | £360,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| January 2025 | £250,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| March 2026 | £185,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: THE PRECINCT PHARMACY (880 m); BASSETT PHARMACY (920 m)
- Dental practices: DALE ROAD ORAL CARE LTD (90 m); TREMONA ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (420 m); DENTAL SURGERY (790 m); HILLTOP DENTAL PRACTICE (830 m); DENTAL SURGERY (920 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S Southampton Shirley Foodhall (360 m, Marks and Spencer); M&S Southampton Hospital Simply Food (390 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Southampton Hill Lane Local (830 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Shirley (870 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Shirley (940 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £235,977** (July 2026). Southampton’s average house price was £235,977 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,130** (2025). Full-time workers living in Southampton earned a median of £37,130 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 128th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.4×** (2025). A home in Southampton costs 6.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 123rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.6** (2025). Southampton has a deprivation score of 25.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 73rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Southampton 006C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 20.9** (2025). Southampton 006C has a deprivation score of 20.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,968th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £276,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Southampton 006C was £276,500 in 2025. Joint 14,114th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,589** (2021). Southampton 006C had 1,589 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,682nd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Southampton 006C, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## SO16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £275,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SO16 was £275,000 in 2025. Joint 940th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 69,888** (2021). SO16 had 69,888 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 41st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 39%** (2022). About 39% of people in SO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.8%** (January 2026). In SO16, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton)
- Centre: 50.9311, -1.4299

Council: [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Romsey and Southampton North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/romsey-and-southampton-north): Caroline Nokes (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.4299,50.9311,SO166QN

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