Housing in SO42 7RD
What the homes in SO42 7RD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Brockenhurst & Sway
- Council
- New Forest
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,709 (2024)
SO42 7RDBrockenhurst
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (34%). Flats make up 23.3%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
67.8% of households in the SO42 7RD area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 16.2% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 49.2% own outright and 18.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned67.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented16.2%20.5%
- Social rented14.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 36.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (26.6%). 20.2% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in New Forest
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in New Forest (August 2026, +1.7% 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 SO42 7RD (Brockenhurst & Sway) (about 1,709 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.