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Gosport Borough Council

Local authority area: Gosport

Gosport is a district council in Hampshire, in the South East England region of England. It covers 25.4 km² and had 82,285 residents in 2022 — about 3,245 people per km². The authority dates from 1894.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Gosport, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202282,285-1.2% since 2012

Land area25.4km²9.8 sq mi

Density3,245/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#354of 382 UK councils · #298 in England

Population estimates4 data points

83.3K84.7K85.3K82.3K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1894
Created
Gosport became a local authority area.

Borders

Neighbouring councils

CCity of PortsmouthUnitary authority208,420 FFarehamDistrict council114,547

Same county

Other councils in Hampshire

All councils in South East

Basingstoke and Deane187,817 New Forest175,942 Eastleigh138,935 Test Valley132,871 Winchester130,268 East Hampshire127,319 Havant124,854 Fareham114,547 Rushmoor101,060 Hart100,910

Elections

14 electoral wards

Census 2021: 81,955 residents in 35,922 households across the wards; 21.4% aged 65+, 63.6% of homes owned, 20.7% of households without a car.

1Grange & Alver Valley2,785 households · 6.2% aged 65+7,404 2Leesland & Newtown3,074 households · 17.5% aged 65+6,700 3Alverstoke2,677 households · 30.2% aged 65+6,314 4Hardway2,794 households · 18.2% aged 65+6,266 5Elson2,525 households · 19.0% aged 65+6,022 6Lee East2,440 households · 19.9% aged 65+5,916

All wards of Gosport

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CGosport Borough CouncilCouncil office · Gosport PO12 1EB · hours listed TGosport Town HallTown hall · Gosport PO12 1EB · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Gosport · 14 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21886128 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.