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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003544

Southsea Prince Albert Road

Southsea Prince Albert Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,319 residents in Portsmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Portsmouth
6,319

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,849

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

13,050.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.2%

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.

St Annes, Bristol, City of9,994 residents · 63.0% owned · 19.8% no carLower Caversham, Reading8,701 residents · 51.6% owned · 25.4% no carSt Thomas East, Exeter8,064 residents · 60.2% owned · 28.0% no carWoodseats, Sheffield7,769 residents · 70.2% owned · 22.0% no carTaunton North Town, Somerset West and Taunton11,305 residents · 52.5% owned · 24.8% no carWolverton & New Bradwell, Milton Keynes7,787 residents · 57.3% owned · 19.9% no car

Most similar within Portsmouth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fratton North, Portsmouth9,664 residents · 57.3% owned · 27.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southsea Prince Albert Road

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

Tenure

Owned58.5%
1,666 households
Private rented33.3%
948 households
Social rented7.4%
211 households
Shared ownership0.8%
24 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced72.7%
2,071 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.6%
360 households
Semi-detached6.7%
191 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.3%
94 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
52 households
Detached1.6%
45 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
36 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.9%
1,422 households
No cars or vans in household25.7%
732 households
2 cars or vans in household20.8%
592 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
103 households
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms43.3%
1,235 households
3 bedrooms39.8%
1,133 households
1 bedroom8.8%
252 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
230 households
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.5%
1,724 households
One-person household32.1%
914 households
Other household types7.4%
211 households
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.2%
1,004 households
1 person in household32.1%
914 households
3 people in household17.5%
500 households
4 people in household11%
314 households
5 people in household3.1%
89 households
6 people in household0.6%
18 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,124 residents
15–2918.7%
1,181 residents
30–4425.9%
1,637 residents
45–6426.2%
1,655 residents
65 and over11.4%
722 residents
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.1%
5,690 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.5%
224 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
200 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
117 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
85 residents
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.2%
2,013 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
913 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
704 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.5%
643 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
496 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
103 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.3%
3,555 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive28.2%
1,448 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.2%
1,291 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.6%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
612 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10%
513 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
330 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
289 residents aged 16 and over
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
3,118 residents
Good health35.6%
2,249 residents
Fair health10.7%
676 residents
Bad health3.5%
222 residents
Very bad health0.9%
54 residents
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6%
5,345 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.4%
974 residents
Southsea Prince Albert Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.5%
1,581 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.5%
868 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
316 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
80 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Southsea Prince Albert 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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