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Electoral wardE05002454
St Thomas ward, City of Portsmouth
St Thomas is one of 14 electoral wards of Portsmouth City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,119 residents in 6,482 households — 9,484 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Portsmouth South constituency.
Residents, 202115,119council ward average 14,857
Households6,4822.33 residents per household
Density9,484/ km²about 1.59 km² · City of Portsmouth 5,152
Aged 65+15.0%City of Portsmouth: 14.8% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 643
5–94.0% · 603
10–155.3% · 794
16–198.5% · 1,282
20–2420.4% · 3,079
25–3414.1% · 2,131
35–4915.4% · 2,325
50–6413.2% · 1,992
65–748.0% · 1,203
75–844.9% · 748
85+2.1% · 316
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.9% · 2,718
1 car or van41.2% · 2,667
2 cars or vans13.6% · 880
3 or more3.3% · 216
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% · 1,343
With mortgage12.9% · 833
Shared ownership0.5% · 34
Social rented25.8% · 1,671
Private rented39.7% · 2,574
Lives rent free0.4% · 26
Type of home
Detached house2.2% · 141
Semi-detached house6.1% · 396
Terraced house23.7% · 1,535
Purpose-built flat54.4% · 3,525
Converted house9.8% · 632
Other conversion2.1% · 137
Above shop / office1.7% · 110
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002454- Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 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.