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Southsea West

Portsmouth · South East · population 6,651 · 4 LSOAs

Part of Southsea · Postcode PO5

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

37Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Southsea West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,324 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 26 in Portsmouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (70) but weak on Crime (9). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 93 sales), 19% below the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,868 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 44 · #3,844
Employment 44 · #3,816
Education 70 · #2,061
Health 37 · #4,324
Crime 9 · #6,236
Housing & access 35 · #4,440
Living environment 13 · #5,941

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,00093+5.0%0.0%
Detached£1,150,0005—+82.5%
Semi-detached£550,0009+19.9%+9.5%
Terraced£520,0009+21.6%+23.8%
Flat£177,50070-1.4%+2.3%
This area£210,000
Portsmouth£258,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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