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Electoral wardE05002442
Central Southsea ward, City of Portsmouth
Central Southsea is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,987 residents in 6,339 households — 15,524 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth South constituency.
Residents, 202115,987council ward average 14,857
Households6,3392.52 residents per household
Density15,524/ km²about 1.03 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+9.8%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 14.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 757
5–94.4% · 706
10–155.2% · 827
16–195.4% · 871
20–2422.1% · 3,529
25–3416.3% · 2,608
35–4918.6% · 2,966
50–6413.5% · 2,154
65–745.5% · 886
75–842.9% · 466
85+1.4% · 217
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.4% · 2,053
1 car or van45.4% · 2,876
2 cars or vans18.4% · 1,166
3 or more3.8% · 242
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Portsmouth overall: 52.3% owned, 18.0% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright21.7% · 1,378
With mortgage25.7% · 1,630
Shared ownership0.7% · 42
Social rented6.8% · 433
Private rented45.0% · 2,857
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house2.0% · 124
Semi-detached house7.0% · 445
Terraced house68.4% · 4,333
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 708
Converted house8.9% · 566
Other conversion1.0% · 62
Above shop / office1.5% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002442- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
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.