SO15 postcode area · Southampton
The SO15 postcode district spans 13 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Southampton. Area Scores range from 6 to 84 across them. Every full SO15 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
The SO15 district contains both ends of the scale: Upper Shirley at 84 out of 100 (#1,095 of 6,856 in England) against Redbridge & Millbrook West at 7, a 77-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 7 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £145,000 in St Mary's to £405,000 in Upper Shirley — a 2.8× gap within the SO15 district.
Living here
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in the SO15 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper ShirleySouthampton | 1,095 | 84 | £405,000 |
| Ocean Village & Town QuaySouthampton | 1,438 | 79 | £205,000 |
| HollybrookSouthampton | 2,260 | 67 | £280,000 |
| Banister Park & Howard RoadSouthampton | 3,213 | 53 | £240,000 |
| City Centre & The PolygonSouthampton | 4,049 | 41 | £207,500 |
| Bevois TownSouthampton | 4,481 | 35 | £230,000 |
| FreemantleSouthampton | 4,694 | 32 | £250,000 |
| Shirley SouthSouthampton | 5,023 | 27 | £254,925 |
| Regents Park & Millbrook EastSouthampton | 5,187 | 24 | £287,500 |
| Shirley WarrenSouthampton | 5,366 | 22 | £240,000 |
| St Mary'sSouthampton | 5,640 | 18 | £145,000 |
| Newtown & NicholstownSouthampton | 6,140 | 10 | £220,000 |
| Redbridge & Millbrook WestSouthampton | 6,394 | 7 | £230,000 |
People living in SO15 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 22% · Elementary 15% · Associate professional 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 22% |
| Elementary | 15% |
| Associate professional | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Skilled trades | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
| Administrative | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 40% · Christian 38% · Muslim 9%
Born outside the UK: 33%
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
Towns & places in SO15
Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the SO15 district.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around SO15.
A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.