Electoral wardE05014143
Forton ward, Gosport
Forton is one of 14 electoral wards of Gosport Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,792 residents in 2,660 households — 5,066 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gosport constituency; for county elections it is in the Hardway and Leesland & Town divisions.
Residents, 20215,792council ward average 5,854
Households2,6602.18 residents per household
Density5,066/ km²about 1.14 km² · Gosport 3,233
Aged 65+14.5%Gosport: 21.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 403
5–96.0% · 345
10–157.1% · 411
16–194.3% · 251
20–246.9% · 399
25–3416.0% · 926
35–4917.4% · 1,009
50–6420.9% · 1,211
65–748.4% · 484
75–844.6% · 264
85+1.6% · 90
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.7% · 817
1 car or van46.5% · 1,236
2 cars or vans17.8% · 473
3 or more5.0% · 134
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gosport overall: 63.6% owned, 16.3% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright17.4% · 462
With mortgage21.6% · 574
Shared ownership2.3% · 62
Social rented33.8% · 899
Private rented24.6% · 653
Lives rent free0.3% · 9
Type of home
Detached house2.5% · 66
Semi-detached house17.7% · 472
Terraced house39.6% · 1,053
Purpose-built flat34.4% · 914
Converted house1.4% · 36
Other conversion3.8% · 100
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014143- Council
- Gosport Borough Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Hardway, Leesland & Town
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlverstoke30.2% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned6,314AAnglesey29.0% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned5,343BBridgemary22.2% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned5,726BBrockhurst & Privett24.4% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned5,126EElson19.0% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned6,022GGrange & 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.