SO16 postcode district: Southampton and around
SO16 is a postcode district in England, with 1,542 postcodes in use in 9 sectors. It has postcodes in Southampton and Rownhams. It is split between 2 councils: Southampton (1,332 postcodes) and Test Valley (210). 210 of its 1,542 postcodes are in Hampshire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,332.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,542
- Sectors
- 9
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in SO16, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 29
- In use before 2020: 1,513
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,542 postcodes in SO16 that ONS places, 29 are new since 2020 and 1,513 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9368, longitude -1.4335. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SO16 8NP, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in SO16?
Ofcom reports on 1,524 of the 1,542 postcodes in SO16. At 1,309 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is SO16 at risk of flooding?
38 of the 1,542 postcodes in SO16 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 153 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in SO16?
Homes in SO16 sold for a typical £278,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 579 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £524,000 118 sales
- Semi-detached £300,000 139 sales
- Terraced £267,750 204 sales
- Flat or maisonette £160,000 118 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in SO16
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
Places in SO16
Towns and villages with postcodes in SO16, and how many each has here.
Who covers SO16
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Southampton1,332
- Test Valley210
Constituencies
- Southampton Test834
- Romsey and Southampton North708
Police force areas
- Hampshire1,542
Next to SO16
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after SO16 in the SO area.
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