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Eastney and Craneswater ward, City of Portsmouth

Eastney and Craneswater is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,578 residents in 5,970 households — 5,475 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth South constituency.

Residents, 202112,578council ward average 14,857
Households5,9702.11 residents per household
Density5,475/ km²about 2.30 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+19.6%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 586
5–94.1% · 521
10–154.8% · 600
16–193.3% · 417
20–247.0% · 883
25–3416.1% · 2,022
35–4919.8% · 2,492
50–6420.6% · 2,595
65–749.7% · 1,225
75–846.7% · 839
85+3.2% · 398

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.9% · 1,544
1 car or van47.0% · 2,808
2 cars or vans22.0% · 1,311
3 or more5.1% · 307
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.6% · 1,828
With mortgage24.3% · 1,449
Shared ownership0.6% · 38
Social rented6.8% · 405
Private rented37.6% · 2,245
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house4.9% · 294
Semi-detached house12.2% · 725
Terraced house35.7% · 2,130
Purpose-built flat27.1% · 1,615
Converted house14.9% · 890
Other conversion2.9% · 173
Above shop / office1.2% · 69
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 70
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.