Typical home sales reached £260,000 in Southampton.
Median sale price · year ending Mar 2026 · Southampton unitary authority
A working port city with strong institutions and busy bus routes. Housing delivery, unequal neighbourhood outcomes and access to care remain pressures. Follow the evidence, the responsible organisations and the local work that could change things.
The population rose from 219,539 in 2001 to 259,230 in 2025.
Median home sale price in Southampton unitary authority · £
Period
Value
Mar 1996
48,500
Mar 1997
50,500
Mar 1998
55,950
Mar 1999
59,500
Mar 2000
67,825
Mar 2001
80,975
Mar 2002
94,000
Mar 2003
119,995
Mar 2004
137,000
Mar 2005
149,000
Mar 2006
150,000
Mar 2007
157,000
Mar 2008
165,000
Mar 2009
154,000
Mar 2010
155,000
Mar 2011
163,500
Mar 2012
160,000
Mar 2013
157,000
Mar 2014
161,000
Mar 2015
173,700
Mar 2016
184,000
Mar 2017
201,000
Mar 2018
211,000
Mar 2019
210,000
Mar 2020
219,000
Mar 2021
225,000
Mar 2022
236,000
Mar 2023
257,000
Mar 2024
245,000
Mar 2025
265,000
Mar 2026
260,000
Pressures—and what could help
Weakness · Southampton
Too few homes are reaching residents
Housing delivery was 30% of the assessed requirement; 414 households were in temporary accommodation.
The figures cover different periods, but both point to housing pressure. Planning permission, construction and a home being occupied are separate steps.
Housing Delivery Test result: 30% · HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25) · Southampton. Housing Delivery Test result. Published measurement; homes include communal-accommodation equivalents, displayed rounded as in the official table. Consequence: Presumption.
Households in temporary accommodation: 414 · 31 March 2026 · Southampton. Households in temporary accommodation. Statutory homelessness administrative data. Quarterly assessment flows and point-in-time temporary accommodation are different measures. The denominator is the published household estimate, not population. National counts are rounded; suppressed cells are not zero.
Average monthly private rent: £1,257 · August 2026 · Southampton. Average monthly private rent. ONS Price Index of Private Rents; existing and new tenancies, not asking rents.
Median house price / median resident annual earnings: 7 · 2025 · Southampton. Median house price / median resident annual earnings. Median price paid for properties divided by median gross annual full-time employee earnings of residents. This is not a household mortgage multiple, workplace earnings ratio or ratio computed from the monthly house-price index.
Editorial continuity reference. Local actions below develop existing housing, inequality, transport, regeneration, care and flood themes; this is not an external source for statistics.
MHCLG ↗ · checked 2026-10-03 · published 2026-08-17
Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.
MHCLG ↗ · checked 2026-10-03 · published 2026-08-13
Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.
Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.
Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.
Children in relative low income after housing costs (%): 31% · FYE 2025 · Southampton. Children in relative low income after housing costs (%). Children aged under 16 in relative low-income families; income below 60% of the contemporary median. DWP calibrates to HBAI. Disclosure control means ward totals may not equal city totals. FYE 2025 rates use mid-2024 population denominators; the tables use May 2024 ward boundaries. BHC and AHC are distinct measures. Historical values in this release have been revised.
Children in low-income families after housing costs: 45.2% · Financial year ending 2025 · Bevois electoral ward. Share of children under 16 living in families below the published relative low-income threshold after housing costs. DWP May 2024 and ONS May 2025 ward codes match the mapped boundaries. Counts are disclosure-controlled; ward totals may differ from city totals. Population is an estimate, not an exact headcount. Ward population uses the November 2025 release; city trends use the July 2026 revision. Same-year totals may differ between those vintages.
Children in low-income families after housing costs: 19.3% · Financial year ending 2025 · Bassett electoral ward. Share of children under 16 living in families below the published relative low-income threshold after housing costs. DWP May 2024 and ONS May 2025 ward codes match the mapped boundaries. Counts are disclosure-controlled; ward totals may differ from city totals. Population is an estimate, not an exact headcount. Ward population uses the November 2025 release; city trends use the July 2026 revision. Same-year totals may differ between those vintages.
Editorial continuity reference. Local actions below develop existing housing, inequality, transport, regeneration, care and flood themes; this is not an external source for statistics.
Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.
Ageing infrastructure can disrupt everyday journeys
Northam Rail Bridge is reaching the end of its operational life; replacement still needed funding approval in the March 2026 update.
The proposed bridges would improve walking, cycling and bus connections. They should not be presented as funded construction until that decision is evidenced.
Local bus passenger journeys: 22,200,000 · 2024/25 · Southampton. Local bus passenger journeys. Journeys on services in the city; includes repeat trips and visitors, not unique residents.
Official council publication read through indexed publisher text; direct council HTML retrieval returned 403. Publication dates and current delivery status are not interchangeable. The council says funding approval is still required.
Editorial continuity reference. Local actions below develop existing housing, inequality, transport, regeneration, care and flood themes; this is not an external source for statistics.
Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.
Report version dated in filename; paragraph 53 identifies delivery partners and paragraph 54 describes planned applications, not completed homes.
Local area connection
No defensible current ward association established in this review.
Older council reports name Harefield and Bitterne Park, but predate the 2023 ward change. A current plot/ward overlay is required before inheriting both codes.
Official council publication read through indexed publisher text; direct council HTML retrieval returned 403. Publication dates and current delivery status are not interchangeable.
Growth and Prosperity delivery programme, page 96: £36m Outdoor Sports Centre regeneration, aiming for early 2027. This is a planned outcome, not proof of completion.
Local area connection
The post-boundary-change Cabinet report names Coxford and Bassett as affected wards.
Council affected-ward field, not an assertion that every facility spans both wards or that benefits are confined to them.
