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Purbrook ward, Havant

Purbrook is one of 12 electoral wards of Havant Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,340 residents in 3,991 households — 2,580 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Havant constituency; for county elections it is in the Purbrook & Stakes South division.

Residents, 20219,340council ward average 10,350
Households3,9912.34 residents per household
Density2,580/ km²about 3.62 km² · Havant 2,228
Aged 65+23.7%Havant: 24.3% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 407
5–95.1% · 478
10–156.3% · 591
16–194.1% · 380
20–244.7% · 444
25–3410.5% · 984
35–4917.2% · 1,606
50–6424.0% · 2,245
65–7412.4% · 1,161
75–848.2% · 762
85+3.1% · 291

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.9% · 554
1 car or van36.1% · 1,441
2 cars or vans35.3% · 1,409
3 or more14.7% · 587
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Havant overall: 67.9% owned, 18.6% social rented, 12.4% private rented.

Owned outright41.7% · 1,664
With mortgage37.6% · 1,501
Shared ownership0.8% · 30
Social rented10.7% · 429
Private rented9.0% · 360
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house27.4% · 1,093
Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,447
Terraced house19.0% · 757
Purpose-built flat15.2% · 608
Converted house1.1% · 44
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.