Electoral wardE05002449
Hilsea ward, City of Portsmouth
Hilsea is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,929 residents in 5,856 households — 4,804 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth North constituency.
Residents, 202113,929council ward average 14,857
Households5,8562.38 residents per household
Density4,804/ km²about 2.90 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+16.5%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 774
5–96.3% · 877
10–157.4% · 1,027
16–193.9% · 550
20–245.2% · 729
25–3414.4% · 2,001
35–4921.0% · 2,922
50–6419.8% · 2,755
65–749.1% · 1,264
75–845.5% · 761
85+1.9% · 267
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 1,310
1 car or van46.2% · 2,705
2 cars or vans24.4% · 1,428
3 or more7.1% · 413
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Portsmouth overall: 52.3% owned, 18.0% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright28.9% · 1,695
With mortgage32.1% · 1,879
Shared ownership0.9% · 54
Social rented15.2% · 891
Private rented22.6% · 1,324
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house2.4% · 143
Semi-detached house26.8% · 1,569
Terraced house37.5% · 2,195
Purpose-built flat27.2% · 1,592
Converted house4.8% · 283
Other conversion0.4% · 26
Above shop / office0.8% · 49
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002449- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 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.