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SO40 vs SO16: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in SO40 and SO16, from official Land Registry records — overall and by property type, with the more affordable area highlighted.

On median sold price, SO16 is the more affordable of the two, at £272,500 versus £330,000.

SO40
Southampton
SO16
Southampton
Median sold price£330,000£272,500
Average sold price£363,506£320,149
Year-on-year+5.2%+0.6%
Sales (3 yrs)1,5221,758
Detached (median)£450,000£510,000
Terraced (median)£275,000£260,000
Semi-detached (median)£335,000£293,500
Flat / maisonette (median)£173,000£165,000

Green marks the more affordable (lower-priced) area for each measure. Figures cover the whole district over the last three years and are a market guide, not a valuation of any home.

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Sources

Sold-price figures derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full reports also draw on HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, Environment Agency, VOA, Ofsted, Police.uk, DEFRA, ONS and more.