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SO15 vs SO16: house prices per square metre compared

SO16 (Nursling) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £3,351 per against £3,331 in SO15 (Shirley)SO15 is 1% cheaper per . The figures come from 518 and 386 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

SO15

Shirley, Southampton

High confidence

£3,331median per m²

Median sale price
£260,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,841 – £3,843
Sales (last 12 months)
396
With a matched floor area
386
Mean floor area (matched sales)
85 m²
Change over 10 years
+21.4%
All SO15 sold prices

SO16

Nursling, Southampton

High confidence

£3,351median per m²

Median sale price
£277,750
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,820 – £4,188
Sales (last 12 months)
534
With a matched floor area
518
Mean floor area (matched sales)
89 m²
Change over 10 years
+28.8%
All SO16 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

SO15 compared with SO16
MeasureSO15SO16Difference
Median price per m²£3,331£3,351+1%
Median sale price£260,000£277,750+7%
Sales (last 12 months)396534+138
Change over 10 years+21.4%+28.8%+7.4 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeSO15SO16
Detached£3,713n = 36£4,160n = 93
Semi-detached£3,467n = 104£3,545n = 133
Terraced£3,403n = 105£3,226n = 193
Flat£3,089n = 141£2,857n = 99

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