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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003542

Southsea Haslemere Road

Southsea Haslemere Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,831 residents in Portsmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Portsmouth
8,831

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,562

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

15,555.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.6%

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.

Heavitree West & Polsloe, Exeter8,295 residents · 52.6% owned · 27.6% no carHorfield, Bristol, City of7,488 residents · 63.6% owned · 16.7% no carAbington, West Northamptonshire7,900 residents · 49.9% owned · 27.0% no carEarlham Road & College Road, Norwich9,184 residents · 54.1% owned · 26.8% no carLipson, Plymouth8,603 residents · 48.2% owned · 28.6% no carElm Grove & Bear Road, Brighton and Hove8,705 residents · 56.9% owned · 34.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southsea Haslemere Road

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

Tenure

Owned54%
1,925 households
Private rented39.9%
1,420 households
Social rented5.6%
199 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced78%
2,779 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7%
251 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.3%
226 households
Semi-detached5.6%
199 households
Detached1.7%
60 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.8%
1,704 households
No cars or vans in household28.8%
1,026 households
2 cars or vans in household19.6%
698 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
134 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.5%
1,692 households
2 bedrooms26.6%
948 households
4 or more bedrooms17.6%
628 households
1 bedroom8.3%
294 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.4%
1,974 households
One-person household27.3%
971 households
Other household types17.3%
617 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.1%
1,143 households
1 person in household27.3%
971 households
3 people in household18%
642 households
4 people in household15.1%
536 households
5 people in household4.8%
170 households
6 people in household1.7%
59 households
7 people in household0.9%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.1%
1,336 residents
15–2930.2%
2,665 residents
30–4423.2%
2,050 residents
45–6420.7%
1,829 residents
65 and over10.8%
951 residents
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85%
7,503 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.2%
635 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
337 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
251 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
104 residents
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.6%
2,786 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications26.5%
1,965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.3%
834 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.1%
820 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.1%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
4,330 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.1%
2,528 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.4%
551 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students21.1%
1,564 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,540 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.3%
835 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
740 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.1%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
355 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50%
4,416 residents
Good health35.9%
3,169 residents
Fair health10.7%
949 residents
Bad health2.7%
240 residents
Very bad health0.6%
55 residents
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
7,552 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
1,279 residents
Southsea Haslemere Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.9%
1,955 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,129 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.4%
407 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
66 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Southsea Haslemere Road · 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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