Peartree: people, homes and local pressures

Housing Delivery Test result: 30% · HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25) · Southampton. Housing Delivery Test result. Published measurement; homes include communal-accommodation equivalents, displayed rounded as in the official table. Consequence: Presumption.

Households in temporary accommodation: 414 · 31 March 2026 · Southampton. Households in temporary accommodation. Statutory homelessness administrative data. Quarterly assessment flows and point-in-time temporary accommodation are different measures. The denominator is the published household estimate, not population. National counts are rounded; suppressed cells are not zero.

Average monthly private rent: £1,257 · August 2026 · Southampton. Average monthly private rent. ONS Price Index of Private Rents; existing and new tenancies, not asking rents.

Median house price / median resident annual earnings: 7 · 2025 · Southampton. Median house price / median resident annual earnings. Median price paid for properties divided by median gross annual full-time employee earnings of residents. This is not a household mortgage multiple, workplace earnings ratio or ratio computed from the monthly house-price index.

• Council: 2026/27 Housing Revenue Account budget report, paragraphs 53–54 ↗ · checked 2026-10-17 · published 2026-02-16

  Report version dated in filename; paragraph 53 identifies delivery partners and paragraph 54 describes planned applications, not completed homes.

• Council: Bargate development traffic proposals, statement of reasons ↗ · checked 2026-10-17 · published 2026-05-29

  Proposed traffic-order consultation evidence; it confirms development was underway, not completion or that the road order was subsequently made.

• UK Facts: existing Southampton strengths and pressures ↗ · checked 2026-10-17

  Editorial continuity reference. Local actions below develop existing housing, inequality, transport, regeneration, care and flood themes; this is not an external source for statistics.

• MHCLG ↗ · checked 2026-10-03 · published 2026-08-17

  Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.

• MHCLG ↗ · checked 2026-10-03 · published 2026-08-13

  Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.

• ONS / HM Land Registry ↗ · checked 2026-10-03

  Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.

• ONS ↗ · checked 2026-10-03 · published 2026-03-26

  Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.

Children in relative low income after housing costs (%): 31% · FYE 2025 · Southampton. Children in relative low income after housing costs (%). Children aged under 16 in relative low-income families; income below 60% of the contemporary median. DWP calibrates to HBAI. Disclosure control means ward totals may not equal city totals. FYE 2025 rates use mid-2024 population denominators; the tables use May 2024 ward boundaries. BHC and AHC are distinct measures. Historical values in this release have been revised.

Children in low-income families after housing costs: 45.2% · Financial year ending 2025 · Bevois electoral ward. Share of children under 16 living in families below the published relative low-income threshold after housing costs. DWP May 2024 and ONS May 2025 ward codes match the mapped boundaries. Counts are disclosure-controlled; ward totals may differ from city totals. Population is an estimate, not an exact headcount. Ward population uses the November 2025 release; city trends use the July 2026 revision. Same-year totals may differ between those vintages.

Children in low-income families after housing costs: 19.3% · Financial year ending 2025 · Bassett electoral ward. Share of children under 16 living in families below the published relative low-income threshold after housing costs. DWP May 2024 and ONS May 2025 ward codes match the mapped boundaries. Counts are disclosure-controlled; ward totals may differ from city totals. Population is an estimate, not an exact headcount. Ward population uses the November 2025 release; city trends use the July 2026 revision. Same-year totals may differ between those vintages.

• UK Facts: existing Southampton strengths and pressures ↗ · checked 2026-10-17

  Editorial continuity reference. Local actions below develop existing housing, inequality, transport, regeneration, care and flood themes; this is not an external source for statistics.

• DWP ↗ · checked 2026-10-03 · published 2026-03-26

  Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.

Local bus passenger journeys: 22,200,000 · 2024/25 · Southampton. Local bus passenger journeys. Journeys on services in the city; includes repeat trips and visitors, not unique residents.

• Council: Northam Rail Bridge funding update ↗ · checked 2026-10-17 · published 2026-03-26

  Official council publication read through indexed publisher text; direct council HTML retrieval returned 403. Publication dates and current delivery status are not interchangeable. The council says funding approval is still required.

• UK Facts: existing Southampton strengths and pressures ↗ · checked 2026-10-17

  Editorial continuity reference. Local actions below develop existing housing, inequality, transport, regeneration, care and flood themes; this is not an external source for statistics.

• Southampton City Council / DfT ↗ · checked 2026-10-03

  Imported from the published Southampton Counts evidence register; the original review date is retained. Evidence file/hash/table details remain in the full baseline download.