Electoral wardE05002451
Nelson ward, City of Portsmouth
Nelson is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,132 residents in 6,467 households — 6,383 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth North constituency.
Residents, 202115,132council ward average 14,857
Households6,4672.34 residents per household
Density6,383/ km²about 2.37 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+12.9%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 1,041
5–97.2% · 1,089
10–156.9% · 1,049
16–193.7% · 562
20–246.6% · 991
25–3417.3% · 2,624
35–4920.2% · 3,049
50–6418.3% · 2,767
65–747.6% · 1,150
75–843.8% · 571
85+1.6% · 236
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.6% · 2,304
1 car or van44.1% · 2,851
2 cars or vans17.1% · 1,109
3 or more3.1% · 203
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Portsmouth overall: 52.3% owned, 18.0% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright20.7% · 1,337
With mortgage25.7% · 1,660
Shared ownership0.5% · 35
Social rented20.5% · 1,327
Private rented32.3% · 2,090
Lives rent free0.2% · 16
Type of home
Detached house2.4% · 157
Semi-detached house7.7% · 496
Terraced house58.5% · 3,784
Purpose-built flat21.2% · 1,370
Converted house7.2% · 464
Other conversion1.6% · 102
Above shop / office1.5% · 94
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002451- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 14
Council offices in this ward
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.