City Centre & The Polygon

Southampton · South East · population 10,085 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

City Centre & The Polygon is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,049 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 33 in Southampton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (69) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here sold for about £207,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 54 sales), 20% below the wider Southampton median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,501 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,918
Employment 69 · #2,116
Education 37 · #4,317
Health 22 · #5,324
Crime 5 · #6,497
Housing & access 67 · #2,288
Living environment 34 · #4,557

House prices ?

£207,500median (12m) · +13.1% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,50054+13.1%+12.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£299,50012+5.1%+27.4%
Flat£185,00037+5.1%+16.4%
This area£207,500
Southampton£260,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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