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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/po

House prices in the PO postcode area, Portsmouth

Homes in the PO postcode area sold for a median of £302,500 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 22,934 standard sales.

That is 21% below the £383,000 median for the South East, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£302,50022,934 standard sales
Middle half of prices£230,000 to £400,000
Change since 2016+36%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was PO18 (Chichester), at £500,000, and the cheapest was PO1 (mostly Charles Dickens ward), at £222,000. The dearest median is 2.3 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were PO10 (Emsworth) and PO35 (Bembridge), and the next cheapest PO5 (Southsea) and PO32 (East Cowes).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the PO area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the PO area, by number of sales: Fareham (PO14, PO15, PO16, PO17), Portsmouth (PO1, PO2, PO3, PO6), Chichester (PO18, PO19, PO20), Waterlooville (PO7, PO8), Gosport (PO12, PO13), Bognor Regis (PO21, PO22), Southsea (PO4, PO5), Havant (PO9), Ryde (PO33), Newport (PO30), Emsworth (PO10), Hayling Island (PO11), and 10 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. PO18Chichester, 347 sales£500,000£4,1870%
  2. PO10Emsworth, 555 sales£410,000£4,767−2%
  3. PO35Bembridge, 127 sales£385,000Too fewToo few
  4. PO20Chichester, 1,088 sales£375,000£3,983+1%
  5. PO19Chichester, 937 sales£370,000£5,000+4%
  6. PO8Waterlooville, 1,048 sales£365,000£3,600+1%
  7. PO11Hayling Island, 502 sales£345,000Too few0%
  8. PO14Fareham, 997 sales£340,000£4,129−4%
  9. PO22Bognor Regis, 948 sales£340,000£3,959+6%
  10. PO7Waterlooville, 1,248 sales£335,000£3,711+1%
  11. PO15Fareham, 814 sales£333,000£4,125−6%
  12. PO16Fareham, 1,037 sales£330,000£3,930+3%
  13. PO17Fareham, 178 sales£330,000Too few−9%
  14. PO21Bognor Regis, 1,214 sales£310,500£3,343+2%
  15. PO6Portsmouth, 868 sales£310,000£3,302+3%
  16. PO9Havant, 1,164 sales£293,000£3,356−3%
  17. PO31Cowes, 429 sales£290,000Too few+7%
  18. PO40Freshwater, 178 sales£288,500Too fewToo few
  19. PO38Ventnor, 373 sales£287,500Too few−6%
  20. PO13Gosport, 859 sales£280,000£3,119+3%
  21. PO3Portsmouth, 555 sales£275,000£3,152+4%
  22. PO4Southsea, 1,177 sales£266,000£3,370+1%
  23. PO37Shanklin, 253 sales£265,000Too few−12%
  24. PO36Sandown, 483 sales£250,000£2,840−1%
  25. PO33Ryde, 913 sales£243,500£2,944−2%
  26. PO12Gosport, 1,377 sales£241,000£3,375+3%
  27. PO2Portsmouth, 910 sales£240,000£2,706+2%
  28. PO30Newport, 829 sales£235,000£2,874+6%
  29. PO32East Cowes, 250 sales£225,500Too few+5%
  30. PO5Southsea, 603 sales£225,000Too few+3%
  31. PO1Portsmouth, 440 sales£222,000Too few−1%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: PO34 £410k (88 sales), PO39 £310k (87 sales), PO41 £450k (58 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in PO31 (Cowes), up 7%, and fell most in PO37 (Shanklin), down 12%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Bosham Lane, Bosham (PO18, £686,000), The Avenue, Fareham (PO14, £609,500) and Cedar Drive, Chichester (PO19, £570,000).

The cheapest were Grove Road North, Southsea (PO5, flats, £64,500), Green Road, Southsea (PO5, flats, £73,500) and West Street, Bognor Regis (PO21, flats, £82,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SO (Southampton), BN (Brighton), BH (Bournemouth) and GU (Guildford).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the PO area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached5,759£470,000£375,000 to £595,000£4,053/m²from 256 sales
Semi-detached5,804£325,000£280,000 to £380,000£3,685/m²from 239 sales
Terraced7,186£270,000£230,000 to £318,000£3,173/m²from 271 sales
Flats and maisonettes4,185£165,000£129,000 to £212,000£2,816/m²from 136 sales

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in the PO area, at 31% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 25%.

Measured by floor area, homes in the PO area sold for a median of £3,517 per m², 20% below the £4,375 across the South East as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 36%, from £225,000 in 2016 to £305,000 in 2025, close to the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the PO postcode area

Within PO, the median ran from £255,000 in Gosport to £402,500 in East Hampshire, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the PO area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in POMedian in POWhole council area
Portsmouth4,562£258,000£258,000
Isle of Wight4,068£260,000£260,000
Havant3,229£320,000£320,000
Fareham2,612£333,000£345,000
Chichester2,430£395,000£422,500
Arun2,363£328,000£345,000
Gosport2,233£255,000£255,000
Winchester761£360,000£460,000
East Hampshire676£402,500£422,000

About these figures

The PO figures come from 22,934 standard sales in 34 postcode districts across 9 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was PO12 (Gosport), with 1,377 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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