Housing in SO19 1DB
What the homes in SO19 1DB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hightown
- Council
- Southampton
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,528 (2024)
SO19 1DBSouthampton
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (36.7%). Flats make up 37.8%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
36% of households in the SO19 1DB area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 9.5% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 17.3% own outright and 18.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned36%61.3%
- Shared ownership3.5%1%
- Private rented9.5%20.5%
- Social rented51%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 31.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (17.4%). 33% 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 SO19 1DB (Hightown) (about 1,528 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.