City Profile • Local Authority

Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a local authority district comprising 7 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £293k, reflecting a upward trend of 1.6% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (112 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

208,420
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

7 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Portsmouth authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English77.7%
White: Other White6.8%
African2.6%
Bangladeshi2.3%
Other Asian1.8%
Indian1.5%

Age Profile

20-24 years9.6%
30-34 years7.7%
25-29 years7.4%
35-39 years7.2%
15-19 years7.0%
50-54 years6.4%

Top Occupations

Professional18.5%
Associate professional12.5%
Elementary occupations11.8%
Caring and leisure10.9%
Skilled trades10.9%
Managers and directors10.1%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage26.8%
Private rented: Landlord25.7%
Owned: Outright25.5%
Social rented: Council10.9%
Social rented: Other7.1%
Private rented: Other2.9%

Area DNA

health7/10
safety2/10
transit10/10
investment9/10