PO12 1BJ House Prices & Local Information

PO12 1BJ is an up-and-coming urban area located 0.8km from Newtown in Gosport. Administratively it sits within Harbourside & Town ward and the Gosport constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, PO12 1BJ is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. The daytime character shifts — manufacturing, transport, and it with higher status mix. Average age 60 — this is a predominantly retired and pre-retirement community, with very low mobility and high owner-occupation. 26% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (183 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. 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 PO12 1BJ are sourced from Output Area E00116076 (shared with 15 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.