Electoral wardE05015673
Portchester Wicor ward, Fareham
Portchester Wicor is one of 16 electoral wards of Fareham Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,191 residents in 2,693 households — 3,240 people per km², the 13th 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, 20216,191council ward average 7,157
Households2,6932.3 residents per household
Density3,240/ km²about 1.91 km² · Fareham 1,542
Aged 65+26.8%Fareham: 24.5% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 258
5–95.4% · 332
10–156.5% · 401
16–194.0% · 245
20–243.9% · 240
25–349.6% · 597
35–4917.6% · 1,087
50–6422.1% · 1,369
65–7414.2% · 878
75–849.2% · 567
85+3.5% · 216
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.9% · 348
1 car or van39.3% · 1,057
2 cars or vans34.7% · 934
3 or more13.1% · 353
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fareham overall: 78.5% owned, 8.1% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright48.8% · 1,313
With mortgage35.9% · 966
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented5.6% · 152
Private rented9.3% · 251
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house16.2% · 437
Semi-detached house45.4% · 1,223
Terraced house27.4% · 738
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 228
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 30
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015673- Council
- Fareham Borough Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Fareham Portchester
- Constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 Castle28.5% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned7,190TTitchfield24.0% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.