Electoral wardE05015672
Portchester Castle ward, Fareham
Portchester Castle is one of 16 electoral wards of Fareham Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,190 residents in 3,203 households — 3,014 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency; for county elections it is in the Fareham Portchester division.
Residents, 20217,190council ward average 7,157
Households3,2032.24 residents per household
Density3,014/ km²about 2.39 km² · Fareham 1,542
Aged 65+28.5%Fareham: 24.5% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 263
5–94.8% · 347
10–155.7% · 407
16–193.5% · 250
20–243.9% · 282
25–349.4% · 676
35–4917.5% · 1,255
50–6423.1% · 1,661
65–7414.6% · 1,047
75–849.7% · 697
85+4.2% · 302
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.6% · 501
1 car or van38.1% · 1,222
2 cars or vans32.8% · 1,050
3 or more13.5% · 431
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fareham overall: 78.5% owned, 8.1% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright48.7% · 1,561
With mortgage34.0% · 1,089
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented8.0% · 258
Private rented8.9% · 286
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house18.5% · 594
Semi-detached house56.4% · 1,807
Terraced house15.1% · 485
Purpose-built flat7.7% · 246
Converted house0.9% · 29
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office1.2% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015672- Council
- Fareham Borough Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Fareham Portchester
- Constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAvenue29.9% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned6,292FFareham Park22.3% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned7,246FFareham Town21.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned6,145FFort Fareham20.7% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned9,039PPortchester Wicor26.8% aged 65+ · 84.7% owned6,191TTitchfield24.0% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned6,097UUplands & Funtley28.8% aged 65+ · 89.5% owned5,384WWallington & Downend25.1% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned7,494
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.