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SO — Southampton

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25 districts in SO

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Local rental market

This location covers several rental-market areas. Each is shown separately; no combined average or listing comparison is made.

Match basis: area constituents. Postcode geography · Scottish BRMA boundaries

Area context is not a property valuation or evidence of overcharging. PIPR describes rental stock, including existing tenancies; an advertised listing is an asking rent. Size, condition, amenities and tenancy dates may differ. Bedroom and property-type figures are separate series and are never combined.

Collection differs across nations: England and Wales mainly use achieved rents; Northern Ireland uses newly advertised rents; Scottish data historically focused on advertised new lets, with achieved rents increasingly included. The latest two UK months are provisional under ONS methodology. Source markers [p] and [r], where supplied, are distinct from revisions detected between imports. ONS methodology.

Southampton E06000045

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Southampton
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,257.003.4%
One bedroom£881.003.5%
Two bedrooms£1,114.003.3%
Three bedrooms£1,357.003.7%
Four or more bedrooms£1,890.002.8%
Detached£1,616.003.0%
Flats and maisonettes£1,000.003.2%
Semi-detached£1,424.003.6%
Terraced£1,329.003.5%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Wiltshire E06000054

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Wiltshire
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,082.006.0%
One bedroom£749.006.2%
Two bedrooms£973.006.1%
Three bedrooms£1,220.006.3%
Four or more bedrooms£1,739.005.5%
Detached£1,496.005.6%
Flats and maisonettes£852.005.7%
Semi-detached£1,191.006.2%
Terraced£1,061.006.2%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Basingstoke and Deane E07000084

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Basingstoke and Deane
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,309.001.5%
One bedroom£930.001.7%
Two bedrooms£1,210.001.5%
Three bedrooms£1,466.001.9%
Four or more bedrooms£2,065.001.1%
Detached£1,871.001.3%
Flats and maisonettes£1,068.001.2%
Semi-detached£1,430.001.8%
Terraced£1,302.001.8%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

East Hampshire E07000085

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for East Hampshire
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,262.001.4%
One bedroom£901.001.5%
Two bedrooms£1,180.001.3%
Three bedrooms£1,483.001.5%
Four or more bedrooms£1,977.000.4%
Detached£1,749.000.8%
Flats and maisonettes£994.001.3%
Semi-detached£1,425.001.5%
Terraced£1,282.001.5%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Eastleigh E07000086

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Eastleigh
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,214.003.4%
One bedroom£862.003.6%
Two bedrooms£1,111.003.5%
Three bedrooms£1,363.003.7%
Four or more bedrooms£1,870.002.9%
Detached£1,638.003.2%
Flats and maisonettes£1,020.003.0%
Semi-detached£1,335.003.8%
Terraced£1,213.003.8%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Fareham E07000087

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Fareham
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,176.000.9%
One bedroom£832.001.1%
Two bedrooms£1,073.001.1%
Three bedrooms£1,330.001.2%
Four or more bedrooms£1,934.000.4%
Detached£1,717.000.7%
Flats and maisonettes£974.000.6%
Semi-detached£1,285.001.2%
Terraced£1,149.001.2%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

New Forest E07000091

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for New Forest
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,244.001.7%
One bedroom£864.002.1%
Two bedrooms£1,132.001.9%
Three bedrooms£1,391.001.9%
Four or more bedrooms£1,988.001.1%
Detached£1,692.001.4%
Flats and maisonettes£1,013.001.6%
Semi-detached£1,344.001.9%
Terraced£1,269.001.9%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Test Valley E07000093

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Test Valley
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,235.006.6%
One bedroom£888.006.7%
Two bedrooms£1,144.006.6%
Three bedrooms£1,408.006.8%
Four or more bedrooms£2,002.006.0%
Detached£1,739.006.2%
Flats and maisonettes£985.006.5%
Semi-detached£1,369.006.8%
Terraced£1,257.006.8%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

Winchester E07000094

local authority · August 2026 · available

Published monthly rents and annual change for Winchester
Published categoryMonthly rentAnnual change
All properties£1,508.004.1%
One bedroom£1,017.004.4%
Two bedrooms£1,318.004.4%
Three bedrooms£1,624.004.6%
Four or more bedrooms£2,249.003.5%
Detached£2,020.003.9%
Flats and maisonettes£1,211.004.0%
Semi-detached£1,701.004.3%
Terraced£1,555.004.2%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents. Open Government Licence v3.0. Download workbook. Published 2026-09-16; fetched 2026-10-15T09:15:01Z. Next release: 2026-10-21.

02Your area essentials

Water & sewerage

These companies may serve addresses in the wider SO postcode area. This is an area-level suggestion: confirm the full address before opening an account.

Water and sewerage

Southern Water

Supplies water and takes waste water across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. In much of that area the drinking water comes from a water-only company and Southern Water handles only the sewerage.

Southern Water official website
Drinking water only

Portsmouth Water

Supplies drinking water to Portsmouth, Havant and parts of south-east Hampshire and West Sussex. Southern Water takes the waste water away.

Portsmouth Water official website

Supplier boundaries can split a district, and drinking water and sewerage may come from different companies. Check your address with Water UK

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Guide updated 2026-10-05. Postcode snapshot: 2026-05. Council links reviewed 2026-09-28.

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