Living in Southampton, Hampshire
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Free Southampton Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Southampton - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Southampton cost 6.59 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Southampton a year earlier: 6.76 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Southampton over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Southampton, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Southampton
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Recent sold prices near Southampton (postcode SO14)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 89, SAPPHIRE COURT, OCEAN WAY | £112,500 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| FLAT 13, WEST CENTRAL, 20, PORTLAND STREET | £225,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| FLAT 36, CASTLE PLACE, 117, HIGH STREET | £200,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| 40, SAXON GATE | £250,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| FLAT 8, CASTLE PLACE, 117, HIGH STREET | £106,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| FLAT 31, 1, BRITON STREET | £145,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| 12, WINTON STREET | £147,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| 195 THE BLAKE BUILDING, ADMIRALS QUAY, OCEAN WAY | £235,000 | Flat | Sep 2026 |
| FLAT 8, 97, ABOVE BAR STREET | £105,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| B401, ROYAL CRESCENT APARTMENTS, 1, ROYAL CRESCENT ROAD | £125,500 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
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