Free headline figures · October 2026

Southampton care market

Southampton's population aged 85+ grows 36% by 2035, slower than England. It has about the same number of care home beds per person aged 85+ as England overall, and the council pays £1,014 a week for residential care.

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Care homes501,391 beds

Home care and community services110registered with CQC

People aged 85+4,5376,177 by 2035, +36% (England +45%)

Beds per 1,000 aged 85+307England 304

Rated Good or better83%of rated care homes

Council residential fee£1,014a week, 64th highest of 152 (England £956)

Council nursing fee£1,193a week, 39th highest of 152 (England £1,089)

Council home care rate£22.63an hour, 117th highest of 152 (England £25.05)

Beds the council funds54%England 43%

Dementia diagnosis rate71%England 66%

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Sources: CQC active locations, 1 October 2026 (dual registrations counted once); ONS subnational population projections, 2022 based; DHSC Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund fee reporting 2025 to 2026 (provisional, self reported); DHSC Adult social care finance report 2024 to 2025; NHS England Primary Care Dementia Data, June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.