Electoral wardE05014144
Grange & Alver Valley ward, Gosport
Grange & Alver Valley is one of 14 electoral wards of Gosport Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,404 residents in 2,785 households — 4,986 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gosport constituency; for county elections it is in the Lee and Bridgemary divisions.
Residents, 20217,404council ward average 5,854
Households2,7852.66 residents per household
Density4,986/ km²about 1.48 km² · Gosport 3,233
Aged 65+6.2%Gosport: 21.4% · under 16: 28.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–49.4% · 698
5–99.3% · 692
10–159.6% · 710
16–195.3% · 396
20–246.8% · 500
25–3417.7% · 1,312
35–4921.6% · 1,599
50–6414.0% · 1,040
65–744.1% · 304
75–841.6% · 122
85+0.4% · 31
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 595
1 car or van45.7% · 1,273
2 cars or vans26.5% · 738
3 or more6.4% · 179
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gosport overall: 63.6% owned, 16.3% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright12.7% · 355
With mortgage26.6% · 741
Shared ownership3.0% · 84
Social rented29.7% · 826
Private rented27.9% · 777
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house2.1% · 58
Semi-detached house16.9% · 470
Terraced house44.5% · 1,241
Purpose-built flat34.5% · 962
Converted house1.4% · 38
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014144- Council
- Gosport Borough Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Lee, Bridgemary
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned6,022FForton14.5% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned5,792HHarbourside & 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.