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Petersfield Heath ward, East Hampshire

Petersfield Heath is one of 31 electoral wards of East Hampshire District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,931 residents in 1,202 households — 956 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Hampshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Petersfield Butser and Petersfield Hangers divisions.

Residents, 20212,931council ward average 4,056
Households1,2022.44 residents per household
Density956/ km²about 3.07 km² · East Hampshire 244
Aged 65+22.0%East Hampshire: 23.1% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 120
5–96.8% · 198
10–158.1% · 237
16–194.8% · 142
20–244.3% · 125
25–348.7% · 256
35–4918.5% · 543
50–6422.7% · 664
65–7412.5% · 366
75–847.1% · 208
85+2.4% · 71

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.4% · 113
1 car or van39.3% · 472
2 cars or vans37.4% · 449
3 or more13.9% · 167
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Hampshire overall: 73.0% owned, 12.5% social rented, 13.0% private rented.

Owned outright43.3% · 521
With mortgage31.7% · 381
Shared ownership0.7% · 8
Social rented12.6% · 152
Private rented11.6% · 140

Type of home

Detached house32.4% · 389
Semi-detached house20.7% · 248
Terraced house37.0% · 444
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 83
Converted house1.3% · 15
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 3
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 15
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.