Compare

Upper Shirley

Middle area

North west Southampton. 7,808 people in 2.5 square kilometres.

Open in map

Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Upper Shirley’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£421,000
1,695th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,837
3,824th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Upper Shirley compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Upper ShirleyMiddle
Median sale price33 middle areas, Southampton · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Southampton33 areas from £143,500 to £475,000. The middle area is £258,000. Upper Shirley is £421,000.
£421,0002nd highest
Population33 middle areas, Southampton · 2021
Population: every middle area in Southampton33 areas from 5,301 to 11,609. The middle area is 7,816. Upper Shirley is 7,837.
7,83716th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage33 middle areas, Southampton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Southampton33 areas from 68.6% to 100.0%. The middle area is 99.1%. Upper Shirley is 99.7%.
99.7%joint 8th highest
Claimant rate33 middle areas, Southampton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Southampton33 areas from 1.8% to 7.3%. The middle area is 4.0%. Upper Shirley is 2.4%.
2.4%3rd lowest

Figures for the whole of Southampton

These figures are published for the whole of Southampton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Southampton and not Upper Shirley alone. See Southampton

Average house price
£235,977
Up 2.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,130
128th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
123rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.6
73rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Upper Shirley in brief

The median price paid for a home in Upper Shirley was £421,000 in 2025.

Upper Shirley had 7,837 usual residents at the census.

In Upper Shirley, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Upper Shirley, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.