SO18 vs SO50: house prices per square metre compared
SO18 (West End) has a median of £3,440 per m² against £3,800 in SO50 (Fair Oak). SO50 is the more expensive of the two: SO18 is 9.5% cheaper per m². The figures come from 404 and 552 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£325,000, the median sale price in SO50, buys about 86 m² there and about 94 m² in SO18, a difference of 8 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, SO50 moved +2.8% a year against SO18 at +2.7% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | SO18High confidence West End, Southampton £3,440median per m² | SO50High confidence Fair Oak, Eastleigh £3,800median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £3,440 | £3,800 | +10.5% |
| Median sale price | £277,500 | £325,000 | +17.1% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £2,770–£4,240 | £3,140–£4,420 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 427 | 652 | +225 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 404 | 552 | +148 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 83 m² | 86 m² | +4.4% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +2.7% a year | +2.8% a year | +0.1 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £3,950n = 99 | £4,320n = 103 | +9.4% |
| Semi-detached | £3,610n = 113 | £4,020n = 157 | +11.4% |
| Terraced | £3,330n = 87 | £3,590n = 191 | +7.8% |
| Flat | £2,810n = 105 | £3,040n = 101 | +8.2% |
| Difference: SO18 minus SO50. | |||
| All SO18 sold prices | All SO50 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare SO18 and SO50 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so SO18 and SO50 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do SO18 and SO50 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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