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SO42

Postcode district

164 live postcodes, all in New Forest.

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 New Forest. Open the map at SO42 for neighbourhoods and points. Open the map at SO42

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

3 of New Forest’s 114 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

New Forest, the council that holds 100% of SO42

Average house price
£384,977
No change in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,571
173rd highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.0×
54th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.9
61st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

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Sectors in SO42