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Drayton and Farlington ward, City of Portsmouth

Drayton and Farlington is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,733 residents in 5,447 households — 2,356 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth North constituency.

Residents, 202113,733council ward average 14,857
Households5,4472.52 residents per household
Density2,356/ km²about 5.83 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+22.6%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 657
5–96.4% · 883
10–157.4% · 1,013
16–194.3% · 587
20–244.7% · 642
25–3410.3% · 1,409
35–4919.3% · 2,652
50–6420.3% · 2,783
65–7410.3% · 1,413
75–848.2% · 1,129
85+4.1% · 563

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.1% · 657
1 car or van37.5% · 2,040
2 cars or vans36.4% · 1,985
3 or more14.0% · 765
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.5% · 2,423
With mortgage38.1% · 2,075
Shared ownership0.4% · 23
Social rented3.7% · 199
Private rented13.3% · 722
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house23.1% · 1,260
Semi-detached house46.6% · 2,537
Terraced house18.5% · 1,005
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 537
Converted house0.8% · 46
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.