SO18 postcode area · Southampton
The SO18 postcode district spans 14 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Basingstoke and Deane, Eastleigh, Southampton. Area Scores range from 8 to 83 across them. Every full SO18 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
There is a sharp split within the SO18 district: West End & Chartwell Green scores 83 out of 100 (#1,150 of 6,856 nationally) while Thornhill sits at 9 — neighbours on the map, 74 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 5 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £207,500 in City Centre & The Polygon to £700,500 in Woolton Hill, Burghclere & Bishops Green — a 3.4× gap within the SO18 district. Note that the district straddles 3 local authorities — Basingstoke and Deane, Eastleigh and Southampton — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.
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 SO18 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End & Chartwell GreenEastleigh | 1,150 | 83 | £310,000 |
| Hedge End Wildern & Botley SouthEastleigh | 1,965 | 71 | £325,000 |
| Woolton Hill, Burghclere & Bishops GreenBasingstoke and Deane | 2,082 | 70 | £700,500 |
| Townhill ParkSouthampton | 2,644 | 61 | £298,000 |
| LowfordEastleigh | 2,939 | 57 | £340,000 |
| Bitterne WestSouthampton | 3,055 | 55 | £276,250 |
| Bitterne SouthSouthampton | 3,275 | 52 | £305,000 |
| City Centre & The PolygonSouthampton | 4,049 | 41 | £207,500 |
| Eastleigh WestEastleigh | 4,104 | 40 | £320,000 |
| SwaythlingSouthampton | 4,577 | 33 | £300,000 |
| Bitterne EastSouthampton | 4,790 | 30 | £273,000 |
| HarefieldSouthampton | 4,934 | 28 | £251,000 |
| StonehamSouthampton | 5,016 | 27 | £290,000 |
| ThornhillSouthampton | 6,250 | 9 | £265,000 |
People living in SO18 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 11%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 18% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Managers & directors | 11% |
| Elementary | 11% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 8% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 45% · Christian 43% · Muslim 3%
Born outside the UK: 16%
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 SO18
Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the SO18 district.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around SO18.
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.