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Electoral wardE05002443
Charles Dickens ward, City of Portsmouth
Charles Dickens is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 22,321 residents in 7,749 households — 6,678 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth South constituency.
Residents, 202122,321council ward average 14,857
Households7,7492.88 residents per household
Density6,678/ km²about 3.34 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+9.9%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 1,227
5–95.7% · 1,278
10–156.4% · 1,424
16–1917.6% · 3,936
20–2415.4% · 3,434
25–3412.7% · 2,828
35–4914.8% · 3,295
50–6412.0% · 2,686
65–745.4% · 1,207
75–843.3% · 744
85+1.2% · 264
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van57.2% · 4,436
1 car or van33.2% · 2,576
2 cars or vans7.8% · 605
3 or more1.7% · 132
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Portsmouth overall: 52.3% owned, 18.0% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright6.8% · 525
With mortgage7.0% · 543
Shared ownership1.8% · 142
Social rented63.8% · 4,944
Private rented19.9% · 1,540
Lives rent free0.7% · 56
Type of home
Detached house1.3% · 102
Semi-detached house3.7% · 283
Terraced house13.0% · 1,005
Purpose-built flat77.9% · 6,039
Converted house1.4% · 110
Other conversion1.4% · 105
Above shop / office1.4% · 106
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002443- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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.