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SO45 postcode area · New Forest

The SO45 postcode district spans 7 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in New Forest, Southampton. Area Scores range from 27 to 90 across them. Every full SO45 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The SO45 district contains both ends of the scale: Hythe at 90 out of 100 (#663 of 6,856 in England) against Holbury South at 27, a 63-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 4 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 2 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £250,000 in Freemantle to £537,500 in Lymington Town & Boldre — a 2.1× gap within the SO45 district. Note that the district straddles 2 local authorities — New Forest and Southampton — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£42,101a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime77per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)47
Owner-occupied67%

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 SO45 district

£327,500median home sold over the past year · +13.9% over 5 years · +0.8% over the year · 441 sales
Detached£419,950
Semi-detached£319,975
Terraced£269,975
Flat£197,475
New Forest£380,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
HytheNew Forest 66390 £340,000
Lymington Town & BoldreNew Forest 1,73975 £537,500
Marchwood & DibdenNew Forest 1,97271 £295,000
Holbury North, Blackfield & FawleyNew Forest 2,22668 £338,750
Langdown & Dibden PurlieuNew Forest 3,44650 £335,000
FreemantleSouthampton 4,69432 £250,000
Holbury SouthNew Forest 4,98227 £287,500

People living in SO45 Census 2021

Residents56,302
Median age (est.)47
Density282per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 13%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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 SO45

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the SO45 district.

Holbury Lymington

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around SO45.

SO14 SO19 SO15 SO2 SO4 SO9 SO17 SO40

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.