COMMERCIAL ROAD, PO1 1HG House Prices & Local Information

PO1 1HG is an up-and-coming urban area on Commercial Road, 0.4km from Landport in Portsmouth. Administratively it sits within Charles Dickens ward and the Portsmouth South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, PO1 1HG is a young, diverse area with many ethnic minority families and children. During the day, urban high streets with mixed ethnicity and businesses. A balanced community with an average age of 38 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 81% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 20% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (145 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: Prices average £655k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for PO1 1HG are sourced from Output Area E00086022 (shared with 29 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.