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Electoral wardE05002448

Fratton ward, City of Portsmouth

Fratton is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,487 residents in 6,452 households — 12,044 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth South constituency.

Residents, 202115,487council ward average 14,857
Households6,4522.4 residents per household
Density12,044/ km²about 1.29 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+9.5%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 1,076
5–97.0% · 1,083
10–157.2% · 1,109
16–194.0% · 616
20–248.4% · 1,308
25–3418.8% · 2,919
35–4921.4% · 3,313
50–6416.7% · 2,588
65–745.4% · 843
75–842.9% · 454
85+1.1% · 178

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.0% · 2,256
1 car or van45.6% · 2,942
2 cars or vans16.6% · 1,074
3 or more2.8% · 182
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.4% · 1,184
With mortgage28.5% · 1,840
Shared ownership0.8% · 53
Social rented11.2% · 722
Private rented40.9% · 2,640
Lives rent free0.2% · 13

Type of home

Detached house2.6% · 167
Semi-detached house6.4% · 413
Terraced house68.5% · 4,421
Purpose-built flat14.4% · 930
Converted house5.4% · 349
Other conversion1.3% · 81
Above shop / office1.3% · 87
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
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.