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North Portslade ward, Brighton and Hove

North Portslade is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,127 residents in 4,127 households — 1,660 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hove and Portslade constituency.

Residents, 202110,127council ward average 12,048
Households4,1272.45 residents per household
Density1,660/ km²about 6.10 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+16.3%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 595
5–96.6% · 671
10–157.8% · 790
16–194.1% · 420
20–245.0% · 506
25–3412.7% · 1,288
35–4921.0% · 2,131
50–6420.5% · 2,078
65–748.9% · 899
75–845.6% · 568
85+1.8% · 182

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.2% · 791
1 car or van46.7% · 1,925
2 cars or vans26.2% · 1,079
3 or more8.0% · 330
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.

Owned outright31.4% · 1,297
With mortgage35.5% · 1,467
Shared ownership0.9% · 36
Social rented18.4% · 760
Private rented13.6% · 561
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house14.3% · 591
Semi-detached house46.1% · 1,904
Terraced house26.8% · 1,108
Purpose-built flat10.9% · 449
Converted house1.2% · 51
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.