PO3 5QY
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Property report — PO3 5QY
Open-data due diligence for PO3 5QY and the area around it.
PO3 5QY in brief: 128 recorded sales (£35,500–£325,000) · low flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for PO3 5QY itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the PO3 5 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£309,463
Population
23,432
Crimes recorded
68
Schools
2
Flood risk
Low
Gigabit broadband
97%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in PO3 5, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (39 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | £270,000 | 2 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2025-07-25 | £225,000 | 19 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2025-05-23 | £250,000 | 49 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2024-11-27 | £265,000 | 21 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2024-11-27 | £325,000 | 26 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2024-06-19 | £260,000 | 53 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2024-04-25 | £265,000 | 38 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2024-01-12 | £275,000 | 27 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2024-01-05 | £300,000 | 3 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2023-07-13 | £225,000 | 50 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2023-03-20 | £265,000 | 55 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2022-08-31 | £255,000 | 16 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2021-10-29 | £275,000 | 56 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2021-09-24 | £285,000 | 46 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2020-10-29 | £245,000 | 29 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2020-10-06 | £208,000 | 43 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2020-09-11 | £197,500 | 49 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2020-05-29 | £167,000 | 47 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2019-11-08 | £221,500 | 38 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2019-05-29 | £207,500 | 53 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2019-02-08 | £243,000 | 20 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2017-12-15 | £255,000 | 46 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2017-07-14 | £205,000 | 40 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2017-06-15 | £229,995 | 21 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2016-04-15 | £175,000 | 6 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2016-03-31 | £161,000 | 14 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2015-09-25 | £204,000 | 46 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2015-04-02 | £165,000 | 43 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2014-06-06 | £177,000 | 21 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2014-04-11 | £171,995 | 24 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2014-02-28 | £159,995 | 9 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2013-11-18 | £190,000 | 52 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2013-11-07 | £175,000 | 20 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2013-11-04 | £160,000 | 37 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2013-09-19 | £144,000 | 15 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2013-01-04 | £119,825 | 30 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2012-05-28 | £154,000 | 24 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2011-12-02 | £99,000 | 48 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2011-10-03 | £160,000 | 8 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2011-04-08 | £149,000 | 27 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2010-12-09 | £152,000 | 20 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2010-09-29 | £157,000 | 42 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2010-06-10 | £148,000 | 55 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2009-10-01 | £165,000 | 46 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2009-07-31 | £140,000 | 24 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2009-07-29 | £120,000 | 50 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2007-11-21 | £194,000 | 52 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2007-09-07 | £170,000 | 21 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2007-06-29 | £166,000 | 40 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2007-05-31 | £153,000 | 35 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2007-05-25 | £199,995 | 29 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2007-05-25 | £160,000 | 45 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2006-11-10 | £143,000 | 39 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2006-06-27 | £142,000 | 27 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2006-04-13 | £147,000 | 42 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2006-02-13 | £148,000 | 22 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2006-02-10 | £162,500 | 21 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2005-10-19 | £125,000 | 18 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2005-07-08 | £147,000 | 35 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2005-05-27 | £125,000 | 11 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2005-03-30 | £140,000 | 50 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2005-01-07 | £145,000 | 38 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-11-05 | £136,000 | 14 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-10-26 | £146,500 | 32 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-09-30 | £144,000 | 31 MERLIN DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2004-09-17 | £145,000 | 23 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-09-03 | £139,000 | 44 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-08-27 | £119,995 | 12 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-07-01 | £169,995 | 1 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2004-01-30 | £131,500 | 40 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2003-10-31 | £125,000 | 16 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2003-09-05 | £127,000 | 55 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2002-09-03 | £110,995 | 17 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2002-07-26 | £105,000 | 24 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2002-01-31 | £93,750 | 2 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2002-01-28 | £124,995 | 3 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2001-10-01 | £91,500 | 37 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2001-08-23 | £85,500 | 9 MERLIN DRIVE | Flat |
| 2001-08-22 | £86,000 | 55 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2001-05-01 | £103,000 | 1 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2001-03-27 | £94,995 | 46 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2001-02-09 | £75,500 | 49 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-12-01 | £82,000 | 32 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-10-09 | £78,500 | 42 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-10-06 | £80,000 | 4 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-09-01 | £76,000 | 27 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-08-25 | £79,950 | 44 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-08-03 | £79,995 | 35 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-07-28 | £70,000 | 16 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-07-14 | £81,500 | 36 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-06-30 | £88,000 | 21 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-05-12 | £85,000 | 7 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-02-10 | £85,000 | 46 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 2000-02-02 | £82,995 | 10 MERLIN DRIVE | Detached |
| 1999-12-17 | £70,500 | 6 MERLIN DRIVE | Detached |
| 1999-11-05 | £67,500 | 38 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1999-07-28 | £82,500 | 29 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1999-06-25 | £60,000 | 39 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1999-06-18 | £69,500 | 23 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1999-06-04 | £65,000 | 31 MERLIN DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 1999-01-22 | £57,500 | 4 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1998-12-10 | £59,995 | 35 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1998-11-30 | £59,500 | 9 MERLIN DRIVE | Flat |
| 1998-11-27 | £59,000 | 40 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1998-11-18 | £72,000 | 29 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1998-11-10 | £49,500 | 12 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1998-10-23 | £65,000 | 10 MERLIN DRIVE | Detached |
| 1998-07-03 | £67,250 | 7 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1998-05-29 | £49,000 | 11 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1997-05-23 | £52,000 | 14 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1997-05-23 | £52,000 | 30 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1997-02-28 | £53,000 | 24 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1997-02-13 | £53,000 | 44 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1997-01-31 | £53,000 | 6 MERLIN DRIVE | Detached |
| 1997-01-28 | £54,995 | 56 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-12-20 | £53,950 | 35 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-10-30 | £54,500 | 36 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-08-23 | £35,500 | 12 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-06-28 | £66,500 | 29 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-06-21 | £52,995 | 39 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-04-26 | £51,000 | 43 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1996-03-01 | £50,000 | 42 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1995-10-31 | £49,500 | 37 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1995-09-29 | £51,000 | 32 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1995-06-30 | £50,500 | 4 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1995-06-30 | £55,000 | 45 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1995-02-09 | £51,000 | 38 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
| 1995-01-12 | £55,500 | 28 MERLIN DRIVE | Terraced |
128 recorded sales on PO3 5QY. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatcombe Park Primary School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Trafalgar School | 0.3 mi | Secondary | Good (2023) |
| UTC Portsmouth | 0.3 mi | Secondary | Outstanding (2021) |
| King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) | 0.5 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Mayfield School | 0.6 mi | All-through | Inadequate (2022) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: KIRKLANDS SURGERY (1.1 mi) · DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE (1.2 mi) · PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE (1.3 mi)
Nearest hospitals: QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL ELECTIVE SURGICAL HUB (1.5 mi) · QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL (1.5 mi) · QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL PERIPHERAL CLINIC (1.5 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: GREEN FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · FORMER BARN TO NORTH OF GREEN FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · GATCOMBE HOUSE (Grade II) (0.2 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: COPNOR PHARMACY (0.5 mi) · MORRISONS PHARMACY (0.6 mi) · MILLAN PHARMACY LONDON ROAD (0.7 mi)
Nearest stations: Hilsea (0.2 mi) · Cosham (0.9 mi) · Fratton (2.3 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Lidl (0.1 mi) · Booker (0.3 mi) · Morrisons (0.8 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 33
- One-person households
- 28%
- Households with children
- 31%
- Households
- 8,228
Owned 67% · Social rent 10% · Private rent 22%
Census 2021 (ONS), for PO3 5.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in PO3 5 (May 24–Apr 26, average 81/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
This is an indicative band for the postcode from the Environment Agency's catchment modelling (rivers and surface water), not a property-specific assessment. A conveyancer will run an official flood search before you buy. Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictPO3 | SectorPO3 5 | PostcodePO3 5QY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £335,405 | £309,463 | £133,646 |
| Population | 37,871 | 23,432 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 6/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 143 | 68 | — |
| Schools | 5 | 2 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 98% | 97% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 98% | 97% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (PO3 5); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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