Property trends for PO19

The average property price of £450,000 places PO19 among the more expensive districts nationally. Over the past decade, prices have grown at 3.0% annually — a pace below the national average, reflecting more measured market dynamics. Transaction volumes have eased noticeably, with 405 sales in the latest full year against a 10-year average of 572, signalling reduced activity.

Average monthly rents of £1,187 sit slightly above the national midpoint. Rental growth over the past decade has averaged 4.1% per year, broadly in line with the national trend. The rental yield currently stands at 6.2%, a meaningful improvement from the 10-year average of 5.1%, reflecting tighter rental supply relative to property values.

Average household income of £41,117 is slightly above the national median. The price-to-income ratio of 10.9x has remained unchanged since 2016, indicating that affordability pressures for buyers have held steady over the period. Rental affordability has deteriorated: the rent-to-income ratio has risen from 28.9% in 2016 to 32.1% today, showing that renters now spend a larger share of income on housing.

The area has a notably older population profile, with 23.1% aged 65 and over compared to the national average of 19.6%, and correspondingly fewer children—14.2% under 15 versus 17.5% nationally. Young adults aged 16–24 are overrepresented at 14.1% against 11.0% nationally. Housing tenure shows higher private renting (25.4% versus 21.7%) and social renting (20.1% versus 16.5%), offset by lower mortgage ownership at 17.9% against 27.0% nationally. The employment mix is tilted towards professional roles (22.8% versus 20.5%) with notably fewer in administrative and plant/machine work.