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Electoral wardE05015500

Portswood ward, City of Southampton

Portswood is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,992 residents in 5,328 households — 5,395 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Romsey and Southampton North and Southampton Test constituencies.

Residents, 202112,992council ward average 14,642
Households5,3282.44 residents per household
Density5,395/ km²about 2.41 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+14.3%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 579
5–93.9% · 504
10–154.4% · 574
16–195.1% · 665
20–2422.0% · 2,853
25–3415.8% · 2,047
35–4917.1% · 2,219
50–6413.0% · 1,689
65–747.1% · 923
75–844.7% · 611
85+2.5% · 326

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.4% · 1,620
1 car or van45.0% · 2,395
2 cars or vans18.3% · 973
3 or more6.4% · 340
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Southampton overall: 47.7% owned, 21.9% social rented, 29.2% private rented.

Owned outright23.3% · 1,244
With mortgage18.3% · 978
Shared ownership0.6% · 31
Social rented14.0% · 748
Private rented43.5% · 2,320
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house12.8% · 685
Semi-detached house22.1% · 1,177
Terraced house14.2% · 755
Purpose-built flat39.9% · 2,129
Converted house8.8% · 468
Other conversion0.8% · 42
Above shop / office1.2% · 66
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 11
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015500
Region
South East
Density rank in council
7 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBassett17.3% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned14,563BBevois6.2% aged 65+ · 24.7% owned16,419BBitterne Park16.6% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned15,337CCoxford19.2% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned14,024FFreemantle11.3% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned11,817MMillbrook14.2% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned14,469RRedbridge14.1% aged 65+ · 47.1% owned14,575SShirley15.4% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned15,088SSwaythling10.5% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned15,494

All 17 wards of City of Southampton

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.