Housing in SO17 3RY
What the homes in SO17 3RY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Swaythling
- Council
- Southampton
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,915 (2024)
SO17 3RYSouthampton
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (62.9%). Flats make up 21.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
30.3% of households in the SO17 3RY area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 59.3% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 16.5% own outright and 13.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned30.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented59.3%20.5%
- Social rented9.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.2 people living in it. 17.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (41.9%). 20.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Southampton
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Southampton (August 2026, +3.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SO17 3RY (Swaythling) (about 1,915 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.