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Electoral wardE05002441

Baffins ward, City of Portsmouth

Baffins is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,019 residents in 6,148 households — 4,807 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth North constituency.

Residents, 202115,019council ward average 14,857
Households6,1482.44 residents per household
Density4,807/ km²about 3.12 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+17.3%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 827
5–95.9% · 890
10–157.6% · 1,147
16–194.4% · 654
20–245.1% · 763
25–3414.1% · 2,122
35–4920.0% · 2,999
50–6420.1% · 3,016
65–749.3% · 1,396
75–845.6% · 846
85+2.4% · 359

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.3% · 1,189
1 car or van47.0% · 2,890
2 cars or vans26.7% · 1,639
3 or more7.0% · 429
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Portsmouth overall: 52.3% owned, 18.0% social rented, 28.6% private rented.

Owned outright34.1% · 2,099
With mortgage36.8% · 2,263
Shared ownership1.4% · 85
Social rented11.2% · 688
Private rented16.4% · 1,008
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house2.8% · 173
Semi-detached house21.0% · 1,291
Terraced house60.3% · 3,704
Purpose-built flat11.5% · 704
Converted house2.6% · 157
Other conversion1.2% · 73
Above shop / office0.7% · 45
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.