Portsmouth City Council

Local authority area: City of Portsmouth

City of Portsmouth is an unitary authority, in the South East England region of England. It covers 40.4 km² and had 208,420 residents in 2022 — about 5,160 people per km². The authority dates from 1835.

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Town hall in the administrative centrePortsmouth Civic Offices

People

Population

Estimates recorded for City of Portsmouth, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022208,420+0.8% since 2012

Land area40.4km²15.6 sq mi

Density5,160/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#129of 382 UK councils · #116 in England

Population estimates4 data points

206.8K211.8K215.1K208.4K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1835
Created
City of Portsmouth became a local authority area.

Borders

Neighbouring councils

GGosportDistrict council82,285 FFarehamDistrict council114,547 EEast HampshireDistrict council127,319

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South East

All councils in South East

Buckinghamshire560,409 City of Milton Keynes292,180 Medway282,702 Brighton and Hove277,965 City of Southampton252,689 Wokingham180,967 Reading174,820 West Berkshire162,215 Slough159,182 Windsor and Maidenhead154,738 Isle of Wight140,794 Bracknell Forest126,881

Elections

14 electoral wards

Census 2021: 208,001 residents in 86,155 households across the wards; 14.8% aged 65+, 52.3% of homes owned, 30.3% of households without a car.

1Charles Dickens7,749 households · 9.9% aged 65+22,321 2Central Southsea6,339 households · 9.8% aged 65+15,987 3Fratton6,452 households · 9.5% aged 65+15,487 4Nelson6,467 households · 12.9% aged 65+15,132 5St Thomas6,482 households · 15.0% aged 65+15,119 6Baffins6,148 households · 17.3% aged 65+15,019

All wards of City of Portsmouth

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CCafcassCouncil office · Portsmouth PO2 8HB · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Portsmouth North · 7 wards Portsmouth South · 7 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21683233 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.