Electoral wardE05002445
Cosham ward, City of Portsmouth
Cosham is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,444 residents in 5,859 households — 3,175 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth North constituency.
Residents, 202114,444council ward average 14,857
Households5,8592.47 residents per household
Density3,175/ km²about 4.55 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+17.5%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 811
5–96.9% · 1,001
10–157.9% · 1,134
16–194.4% · 635
20–245.3% · 764
25–3414.4% · 2,087
35–4919.3% · 2,781
50–6418.7% · 2,708
65–749.3% · 1,348
75–845.6% · 803
85+2.6% · 371
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.2% · 1,592
1 car or van39.6% · 2,323
2 cars or vans25.2% · 1,474
3 or more8.0% · 470
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Portsmouth overall: 52.3% owned, 18.0% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright30.7% · 1,796
With mortgage30.5% · 1,788
Shared ownership0.9% · 53
Social rented21.4% · 1,254
Private rented16.3% · 953
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house7.2% · 422
Semi-detached house27.7% · 1,621
Terraced house35.7% · 2,089
Purpose-built flat25.9% · 1,518
Converted house1.4% · 84
Other conversion0.3% · 20
Above shop / office1.1% · 65
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 40
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002445- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 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.