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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003538

Fratton Kingston

Fratton Kingston is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,355 residents in Portsmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Portsmouth
10,355

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,348

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,762.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.7%

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.

Aylestone North & Saffron Fields, Leicester7,256 residents · 40.7% owned · 33.5% no carNew Town & Hythe, Colchester13,379 residents · 44.7% owned · 29.0% no carAshford Central, Ashford12,105 residents · 45.1% owned · 28.4% no carNewington, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,475 residents · 57.4% owned · 32.2% no carVictoria & Somerton, Newport11,804 residents · 48.2% owned · 26.4% no carKettering Central East, North Northamptonshire9,201 residents · 39.6% owned · 30.4% no car

Most similar within Portsmouth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

North End West & Whale Island, Portsmouth5,785 residents · 52.4% owned · 31.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fratton Kingston

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

Tenure

Owned44.8%
1,946 households
Private rented39.9%
1,734 households
Social rented14.1%
614 households
Shared ownership1%
43 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced68.1%
2,961 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.8%
732 households
Semi-detached6.4%
278 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.5%
151 households
Detached2.6%
114 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
55 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
53 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45%
1,957 households
No cars or vans in household36.8%
1,601 households
2 cars or vans in household15.8%
685 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.4%
106 households
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms41.7%
1,812 households
3 bedrooms37.5%
1,630 households
1 bedroom13.7%
594 households
4 or more bedrooms7.2%
312 households
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.6%
2,505 households
One-person household31.1%
1,351 households
Other household types11.4%
495 households
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.2%
1,357 households
1 person in household31.1%
1,351 households
3 people in household18.1%
788 households
4 people in household12.4%
539 households
5 people in household5.1%
221 households
6 people in household1.4%
61 households
7 people in household0.4%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.8%
2,050 residents
15–2922.8%
2,360 residents
30–4425.8%
2,677 residents
45–6421.8%
2,261 residents
65 and over9.7%
1,009 residents
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81%
8,391 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.7%
1,003 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
443 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
281 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
239 residents
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.7%
2,195 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.1%
1,648 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.9%
1,549 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,243 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
877 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
276 residents aged 16 and over
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.2%
5,114 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.8%
2,780 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.9%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
1,292 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.6%
1,283 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.2%
1,250 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.1%
912 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
830 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9%
741 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.7%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
532 residents aged 16 and over
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.7%
4,735 residents
Good health35.2%
3,648 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,421 residents
Bad health4.3%
448 residents
Very bad health1%
102 residents
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
8,513 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,842 residents
Fratton Kingston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,976 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,470 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.3%
707 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
178 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
17 households
Fratton Kingston · 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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