# SO50 4LQ: area report for a postcode in Eastleigh

SO50 4LQ is a postcode in Eastleigh.

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 Eastleigh. Open the map at SO50 4LQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) › [SO50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so50) › [SO50 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so50-4)

## Around this postcode

- **4 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Eastleigh 002D: 37 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **Chandlers Ford, 2.7 km**: About 34 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 760 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **No property in SO50 4LQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Eastleigh 002D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **£310,283 average price**: For the whole of Eastleigh, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.8 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.8 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **80% can get gigabit broadband at SO50 4LQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **Low road and rail noise at SO50 4LQ**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **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=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ
- **11.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Thornden School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornden-school-e136715) | Secondary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 64.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Otterbourne Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/otterbourne-church-of-england-primary-school-e116304) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lakeside School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakeside-school-e116603) | Special | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, November 2023 | – |
| [Scantabout Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scantabout-primary-school-e116042) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Merdon Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merdon-junior-school-e115873) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sherborne House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sherborne-house-school-e116514) | Independent | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Fryern Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fryern-infant-school-e115968) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | – |
| [Fryern Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fryern-junior-school-e115884) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £395,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| December 2024 | £700,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| March 2025 | £403,670 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| October 2023 | £415,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| January 2023 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| February 2025 | £570,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 350 m |
| March 2024 | £677,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 360 m |
| June 2026 | £475,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 380 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £310,283** (July 2026). Eastleigh’s average house price was £310,283 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £42,461** (2025). Full-time workers living in Eastleigh earned a median of £42,461 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). Joint 93rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.3×** (2025). A home in Eastleigh costs 7.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 172nd least 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: 11.0** (2025). Eastleigh has a deprivation score of 11.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 34th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Eastleigh 002D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.7** (2025). Eastleigh 002D has a deprivation score of 6.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,734th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £416,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Eastleigh 002D was £416,500 in 2025. Joint 7,923rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,855** (2021). Eastleigh 002D had 1,855 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 8,307th 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: 85.6%** (January 2026). In Eastleigh 002D, 85.6% 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.

## SO50 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £320,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SO50 was £320,000 in 2025. Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 51,448** (2021). SO50 had 51,448 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 183rd 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: 82%** (2022). About 82% of people in SO50 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: 90.9%** (January 2026). In SO50, 90.9% 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: [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh)
- Centre: 50.9966, -1.3528

Council: [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/eastleigh): Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat), 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=-1.3528,50.9966,SO504LQ

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