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Hampshire County Council

Local authority area: Hampshire

Hampshire is a county council, in the South East England region of England. It covers 3,678.9 km² and had 1,416,808 residents in 2022 — about 385 people per km².

Council headquartersCastle Hill Offices County Hall
Castle Hill Offices  County Hall
Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for Hampshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 20221,416,808+6.5% since 2012
Land area3,678.9km²1,420.4 sq mi
Density385/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#3of 382 UK councils · #3 in England
Population estimates3 data points
1.3M1.4M1.4M
201220182022
Elections

76 county electoral divisions

Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.

DivisionDistrictWardsResidents
Aldershot NorthRushmoor323,868
Aldershot SouthRushmoor324,155
Alton RuralEast Hampshire526,201
Alton TownEast Hampshire719,433
Andover NorthTest Valley428,106
Andover SouthTest Valley324,014
Andover WestTest Valley423,511
BaddesleyTest Valley424,003
Basingstoke CentralBasingstoke and Deane332,150
Basingstoke NorthBasingstoke and Deane445,176
Basingstoke North WestBasingstoke and Deane440,555
Basingstoke South EastBasingstoke and Deane330,892
Basingstoke South WestBasingstoke and Deane442,176
Bishops WalthamWinchester428,241
Bishopstoke & Fair OakEastleigh221,943
Botley & Hedge End NorthEastleigh217,598
BridgemaryGosport424,370
BrockenhurstNew Forest632,433
CallevaBasingstoke and Deane550,387
Candovers, Oakley & OvertonBasingstoke and Deane329,827
CatheringtonEast Hampshire516,680
Chandler's FordEastleigh221,127
Church Crookham & EwshotHart327,514
Cowplain & Hart PlainHavant219,080
Dibden & HytheNew Forest320,179
Eastleigh NorthEastleigh220,640
Eastleigh SouthEastleigh333,153
Emsworth & St. FaithsHavant221,040
Fareham CroftonFareham429,651
Fareham PortchesterFareham320,875
Fareham SarisburyFareham322,976
Fareham TitchfieldFareham535,629
Fareham TownFareham641,600
Fareham WarsashFareham431,071
Farnborough NorthRushmoor429,239
Farnborough SouthRushmoor322,486
Farnborough WestRushmoor321,255
Fleet TownHart437,476
HambleEastleigh220,449
HardwayGosport318,080
Hartley Wintney & Yateley WestHart435,684
Hayling IslandHavant217,392
Hedge End & West End SouthEastleigh327,390
Itchen ValleyWinchester429,288
LeeGosport318,515
Leesland & TownGosport634,186
Liphook, Headley & GrayshottEast Hampshire318,121
LoddonBasingstoke and Deane220,889
Lymington & BoldreNew Forest319,467
Lyndhurst & FordingbridgeNew Forest422,059
Meon ValleyWinchester321,928
New MiltonNew Forest321,503
New Milton North, Milford & HordleNew Forest322,243
North East HavantHavant337,307
North West HavantHavant335,211
Odiham & HookHart218,812
Petersfield ButserEast Hampshire623,421
Petersfield HangersEast Hampshire729,790
Purbrook & Stakes SouthHavant219,703
RingwoodNew Forest322,220
Romsey RuralTest Valley746,351
Romsey TownTest Valley320,264
South WatersideNew Forest321,260
Tadley & BaughurstBasingstoke and Deane331,514
Test Valley CentralTest Valley425,549
Totton North & Netley MarshNew Forest433,975
Totton South & MarchwoodNew Forest323,223
Waterloo & Stakes NorthHavant439,566
West End & Horton HeathEastleigh323,287
Whitchurch & The CleresBasingstoke and Deane331,423
Whitehill, Bordon & LindfordEast Hampshire418,451
Winchester DownlandsWinchester432,396
Winchester EastgateWinchester328,284
Winchester Southern ParishesWinchester325,620
Winchester WestgateWinchester434,603
Yateley East & BlackwaterHart325,566
Source: Wikidata Q21694653 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.