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Electoral wardE05015414
South Portslade ward, Brighton and Hove
South Portslade is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,897 residents in 4,063 households — 5,247 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hove and Portslade constituency.
Residents, 20219,897council ward average 12,048
Households4,0632.44 residents per household
Density5,247/ km²about 1.89 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+15.1%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 587
5–96.1% · 602
10–157.0% · 692
16–194.2% · 418
20–245.3% · 524
25–3412.5% · 1,240
35–4922.9% · 2,265
50–6420.8% · 2,061
65–748.4% · 834
75–844.9% · 487
85+1.8% · 176
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.7% · 1,086
1 car or van45.5% · 1,848
2 cars or vans21.7% · 883
3 or more6.1% · 246
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright27.7% · 1,125
With mortgage36.4% · 1,477
Shared ownership0.8% · 32
Social rented15.2% · 618
Private rented19.7% · 798
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house7.9% · 320
Semi-detached house33.2% · 1,349
Terraced house33.9% · 1,374
Purpose-built flat16.8% · 683
Converted house6.0% · 243
Other conversion0.7% · 29
Above shop / office1.5% · 60
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015414- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrunswick & Adelaide9.1% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned9,916CCentral Hove12.8% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned11,110GGoldsmid15.3% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned14,066HHangleton & Knoll17.4% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned15,228NNorth Portslade16.3% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned10,127WWestbourne & Poets' Corner14.5% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned10,194WWestdene & Hove Park19.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned15,889WWish16.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,920
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.