Electoral wardE05014140
Bridgemary ward, Gosport
Bridgemary is one of 14 electoral wards of Gosport Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,726 residents in 2,423 households — 1,739 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gosport constituency; for county elections it is in the Bridgemary division.
Residents, 20215,726council ward average 5,854
Households2,4232.36 residents per household
Density1,739/ km²about 3.29 km² · Gosport 3,233
Aged 65+22.2%Gosport: 21.4% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 244
5–95.8% · 331
10–157.4% · 426
16–194.7% · 267
20–244.5% · 258
25–3411.2% · 639
35–4917.6% · 1,009
50–6422.3% · 1,278
65–7412.5% · 717
75–847.1% · 409
85+2.6% · 146
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.3% · 517
1 car or van41.5% · 1,005
2 cars or vans26.0% · 629
3 or more11.2% · 272
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gosport overall: 63.6% owned, 16.3% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright33.7% · 816
With mortgage29.7% · 718
Shared ownership1.0% · 25
Social rented26.0% · 629
Private rented9.2% · 223
Lives rent free0.4% · 10
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 234
Semi-detached house48.7% · 1,180
Terraced house26.4% · 638
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 342
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.8% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014140- Council
- Gosport Borough Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Bridgemary
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlverstoke30.2% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned6,314AAnglesey29.0% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned5,343BBrockhurst & Privett24.4% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned5,126EElson19.0% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned6,022FForton14.5% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned5,792GGrange & Alver Valley6.2% aged 65+ · 39.4% owned7,404HHarbourside & Town21.9% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned4,911HHardway18.2% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned6,266LLee East19.9% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned5,916LLee West37.4% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned5,195LLeesland & Newtown17.5% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned6,700PPeel Common27.9% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned5,550RRowner & Holbrook18.4% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned5,690
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.