City Centre Vision 2 - Southampton Connect

City Centre Profile
Transport flows to/from the city centre
Transport flow information provides an indication of the number of people entering and leaving the city centre.*
Diversity of Land uses
Percentage share of total floor space
Person movement
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
Dwellings 1%
Business 1%
Services 2%
Hotels & Hostels 2%
Convenience 3%
Assembly & Leisure 5%
Vacant Offices 1%
Vacant Other 1%
Vacant Residential 0%
20,000
Non-residential Institutions 5%
15,000
Oct 98-00 Oct 99-01 Oct 00-02 Oct 01-03
16.00-18.00 out from city centre 07.30-09.30 towards city centre 11.00-13.00 out from city centre
Financial Services
(Counter services) 8%
Durables 51%
*The data shown in the above graph is based on three-year running averages to avoid fluctuations due, for instance, to the
weather. Source: Southampton City Council/Southampton City Centre Health Check 2003-04
Food & Drink 9%
Traffic flow approximately doubles during peak hours compared with off-peak periods.
Numbers both entering and leaving the city centre at the start and the end of the day have increased slightly.
More people are staying longer than just lunchtime and are not leaving as soon as work finished, possibly staggering
working hours or enjoying what the city centre has to offer in terms of early-evening entertainment/nightlife. It also
appears that more people may be coming into the city centre just for the morning.
Vacant Retail 10%
Source: Southampton City Centre Health Check 2003/04
Car park availability
The city centre has:
7,398 multi-storey, off-street car parking spaces, which are mainly long-stay.
3,619 off-street surface car parking spaces, which are a mix of short and long-stay.
700 on-street car parking spaces for parking up to four hours.
Within the retail core, durable retailing (51%) and food and drink (9%) are key components of the mix of uses, along
with financial services (8%).
The number of retail units stands at 709, with a total floor space of 417,577 sq m.
Within the wider area of the city centre, i.e. Bargate Ward, there are 4,920 residential units.
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