Watkin Road, Southampton house prices are built from 225 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 25 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £152,950. Across the 11 years from 2009 to 2020 the median moved +42.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +11.9%.
Median price paid
£152,950
Change in cash, 2009–2020
+42.0%
Change in real terms
+11.9%
HM Land Registry225 salesLatest sale 25 Jul 2025
Section 01
How Watkin Road, Southampton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Watkin Road, Southampton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2020. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £73,975 | £164,259 |
| 2000s | 9 | £166,500 | £303,314 |
| 2010s | 1 | £210,625 | £296,981 |
| 2020s | 1 | £240,000 | £245,217 |
The highest yearly median on record for Watkin Road, Southampton is £240,000 in 2020; the lowest is £65,500 in 1997. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £101,450 to £240,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £225,267, so the real change over the whole record is +37.9% — about +1.30% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +42.0% in cash against +11.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 25 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 28 | 28 Feb 2025 | Detached | £515,000 | £526,196 |
| 16 | 25 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £410,000 | £431,418 |
| 25 | 30 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £255,000 | £268,321 |
| 89 | 29 May 2024 | Detached | £585,000 | £615,560 |
| 43 | 26 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| 6 | 8 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £295,000 | £318,736 |
| 9 | 5 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £265,000 | £286,322 |
| 29 | 25 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £329,540 |
| 54 | 27 Oct 2022 | Detached | £620,000 | £718,324 |
| 73 | 15 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £336,500 | £389,864 |
| 26 | 25 May 2022 | Detached | £710,000 | £822,597 |
| 47 | 7 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £265,000 | £334,812 |
| 8 | 26 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| 97 | 18 Dec 2020 | Detached | £555,000 | £718,595 |
| 6 | 14 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £257,500 | £333,402 |
| 23 | 30 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| 33 | 7 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| 59 | 3 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| 18 | 25 Jan 2019 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £379,314 |
| 34 | 17 Oct 2018 | Detached | £510,000 | £679,679 |
| 69 | 9 Jul 2018 | Terraced | £220,000 | £293,195 |
| 23 | 15 Sep 2017 | Terraced | £225,000 | £306,226 |
| 81 | 12 May 2017 | Detached | £510,000 | £694,112 |
| 16 | 28 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £290,000 | £394,691 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Watkin Road, Southampton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Watkin Road | £57,250 (1996) | £250,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 28 Watkin Road | £115,000 (1996) | £515,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 16 Watkin Road | £72,152 (1995) | £410,000 (2024) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 25 Watkin Road | £54,000 (1995) | £255,000 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 89 Watkin Road | £119,950 (1995) | £585,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 6 Watkin Road | £149,950 (2003) | £295,000 (2023) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| 9 Watkin Road | £112,000 (2002) | £265,000 (2023) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 29 Watkin Road | £62,000 (1997) | £305,000 (2023) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 54 Watkin Road | £128,000 (1998) | £620,000 (2022) | +6.8% | +4.2% |
| 73 Watkin Road | £58,000 (1995) | £336,500 (2022) | +6.7% | +4.2% |
| 26 Watkin Road | £144,000 (1996) | £710,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.8% |
| 47 Watkin Road | £70,000 (1998) | £265,000 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Watkin Road, Southampton is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 112 | 49.8% | £141,000 | £54,000 – £410,000 |
| Detached | 87 | 38.7% | £190,000 | £92,000 – £710,000 |
| Semi-detached | 26 | 11.6% | £149,000 | £62,000 – £305,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Watkin Road, Southampton
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 225 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 225 | 100.0% | £152,950 |
| New build | 37 | 16.4% | £130,000 |
| Existing home | 188 | 83.6% | £165,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -21.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 4 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Watkin Road, Southampton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Eastleigh, 55.4% of 62,618 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 1.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 609 | 1.0% |
| B | 12,156 | 19.4% |
| C | 21,911 | 35.0% |
| D | 21,486 | 34.3% |
| E | 5,296 | 8.5% |
| F | 931 | 1.5% |
| G | 229 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Eastleigh at £1,213 a month as of Jun 2026 — £860 for a one-bedroom home and £1,360 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £152,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.52% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of SO30, 93 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 29 violent, 2 burglary, 5 vehicle-related and 11 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times quieter.
Against the 136,443 residents the 2021 census counted in Eastleigh, that is 0.68 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Watkin Road, Southampton
The 2021 census counted 136,443 residents in Eastleigh across 56,924 households. 73.0% of those households own their home and 27.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a SO30 postcode: 8 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildern School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,674 |
| Deer Park School | Secondary | Free schools | 910 |
| Berrywood Primary School | Primary | Community school | 631 |
| Saint James' Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 570 |
| Wellstead Primary School | Primary | Community school | 414 |
| Shamblehurst Primary School | Primary | Community school | 404 |
| Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 357 |
| Freegrounds Junior School | Primary | Community school | 301 |
| Kings Copse Primary School | Primary | Community school | 230 |
| Freegrounds Infant School | Primary | Community school | 225 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hedge End Rail Station | Rail | 1.6 km |
| Botley Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Bursledon Rail Station | Rail | 3.9 km |
| Sholing Rail Station | Rail | 5.0 km |
Section 09
How Watkin Road, Southampton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Watkin Road, Southampton sits below that national figure — -2.9%.
Within Southampton the street ranks 2835 of 4115 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £165,601 (-7.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £54,000 to £710,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Watkin Road, Southampton sits in Eastleigh, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Eastleigh at 8.9 times median local earnings of £38,983 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Botley Road£235,500 median
- Stirling Crescent£161,750 median
- Chapel Road£245,500 median
- Cranbourne Park£161,000 median
- Walker Gardens£155,000 median
- Whites Way£180,950 median
- Britannia Gardens£142,625 median
- Cheltenham Gardens£119,000 median
- Havendale£157,500 median
- St James Road£225,000 median
- Beattie Rise£182,000 median
- Cudworth Mead£127,000 median
- Wildern Lane£163,000 median
- Missenden Acres£285,000 median
- Haileybury Gardens£110,225 median
- Lower Northam Road£173,975 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 89 Watkin Road7 sales
- 23 Watkin Road7 sales
- 29 Watkin Road6 sales
- 10 Watkin Road6 sales
- 9 Watkin Road5 sales
- 18 Watkin Road5 sales
- 3 Watkin Road5 sales
- 28 Watkin Road4 sales
- 16 Watkin Road4 sales
- 25 Watkin Road4 sales
- 6 Watkin Road4 sales
- 59 Watkin Road4 sales
- 49 Watkin Road4 sales
- 24 Watkin Road4 sales
- 77 Watkin Road4 sales
- 105 Watkin Road4 sales
- 35 Watkin Road4 sales
- 13 Watkin Road4 sales
- 38 Watkin Road4 sales
- 17 Watkin Road3 sales
- 73 Watkin Road3 sales
- 26 Watkin Road3 sales
- 8 Watkin Road3 sales
- 81 Watkin Road3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Watkin Road, Southampton?
The median price paid in Watkin Road, Southampton across every sale on the register is £152,950. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Watkin Road, Southampton?
225 sales are on record for Watkin Road, Southampton, the most recent completing on 25 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Watkin Road, Southampton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +42.0% between 2009 and 2020. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +11.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Watkin Road, Southampton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £240,000, set in 2020. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Watkin Road, Southampton?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 25 Jul 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Watkin Road, Southampton house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.