Electoral wardE05014149
Leesland & Newtown ward, Gosport
Leesland & Newtown is one of 14 electoral wards of Gosport Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,700 residents in 3,074 households — 7,257 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gosport constituency; for county elections it is in the Leesland & Town division.
Residents, 20216,700council ward average 5,854
Households3,0742.18 residents per household
Density7,257/ km²about 0.92 km² · Gosport 3,233
Aged 65+17.5%Gosport: 21.4% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 342
5–95.9% · 394
10–156.7% · 446
16–193.7% · 251
20–245.4% · 365
25–3413.9% · 934
35–4918.7% · 1,252
50–6423.0% · 1,541
65–749.9% · 664
75–845.6% · 377
85+2.0% · 134
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.5% · 783
1 car or van46.5% · 1,429
2 cars or vans22.7% · 699
3 or more5.3% · 163
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gosport overall: 63.6% owned, 16.3% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright30.6% · 942
With mortgage33.2% · 1,021
Shared ownership0.7% · 23
Social rented9.7% · 298
Private rented25.7% · 790
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house3.9% · 120
Semi-detached house18.8% · 578
Terraced house57.7% · 1,773
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 471
Converted house1.7% · 51
Other conversion1.2% · 37
Above shop / office1.4% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014149- Council
- Gosport Borough Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Leesland & Town
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned5,792GGrange & 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% owned5,195PPeel 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.