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Fareham Town ward, Fareham

Fareham Town is one of 16 electoral wards of Fareham Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,145 residents in 2,897 households — 4,079 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency; for county elections it is in the Fareham Town division.

Residents, 20216,145council ward average 7,157
Households2,8972.12 residents per household
Density4,079/ km²about 1.51 km² · Fareham 1,542
Aged 65+21.6%Fareham: 24.5% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 286
5–94.6% · 281
10–156.4% · 393
16–193.7% · 227
20–245.5% · 339
25–3413.7% · 844
35–4919.1% · 1,177
50–6420.7% · 1,274
65–749.4% · 579
75–848.0% · 490
85+4.2% · 261

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.9% · 749
1 car or van42.0% · 1,213
2 cars or vans23.7% · 685
3 or more8.4% · 244
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Fareham overall: 78.5% owned, 8.1% social rented, 12.5% private rented.

Owned outright35.5% · 1,029
With mortgage30.2% · 875
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented10.3% · 299
Private rented23.8% · 689
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house9.6% · 279
Semi-detached house29.2% · 846
Terraced house25.2% · 730
Purpose-built flat27.8% · 806
Converted house2.9% · 84
Other conversion2.3% · 67
Above shop / office2.9% · 83
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.