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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003527

Paulsgrove West & Port Solent

Paulsgrove West & Port Solent is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,380 residents in Portsmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Portsmouth
6,380

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,726

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,659.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.9%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Paulsgrove West & Port Solent

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned62.8%
1,711 households
Private rented20.8%
568 households
Social rented15.6%
424 households
Shared ownership0.7%
20 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced43.9%
1,198 households
Semi-detached32.2%
879 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.9%
460 households
Detached4.5%
122 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
22 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,175 households
2 cars or vans in household30%
819 households
No cars or vans in household18.3%
499 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
233 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.6%
1,516 households
2 bedrooms27.4%
748 households
4 or more bedrooms9.7%
265 households
1 bedroom7.2%
197 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66%
1,799 households
One-person household27.7%
756 households
Other household types6.3%
172 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.4%
993 households
1 person in household27.7%
756 households
3 people in household17.6%
479 households
4 people in household12.7%
346 households
5 people in household4.1%
112 households
6 people in household1%
27 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
1,174 residents
15–2916.5%
1,055 residents
30–4420.8%
1,324 residents
45–6425.9%
1,653 residents
65 and over18.4%
1,171 residents
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.1%
5,812 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.2%
266 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
135 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
125 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
41 residents
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.9%
1,435 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.7%
964 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.6%
907 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
790 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
570 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.3%
3,206 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.8%
1,842 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
95 residents aged 16 and over
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,086 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.4%
689 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.9%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.7%
600 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
578 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
320 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
234 residents aged 16 and over
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.5%
2,965 residents
Good health35.9%
2,291 residents
Fair health13%
831 residents
Bad health3.5%
226 residents
Very bad health1%
66 residents
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
5,263 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
1,116 residents
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.7%
1,355 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
895 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
384 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
86 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Paulsgrove West & Port Solent · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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