Paulsgrove East

Portsmouth · South East · population 8,099 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,312 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,092 of 1,119 in South East
  • #23 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,113
Median age (est.)37
Density4,316per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above17%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 14%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 38%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 17%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 17%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades14%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 57% · Christian 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Paulsgrove East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,312 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 26 in Portsmouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (56) but weak on Education (1). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 54 sales), 11% below the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,529 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 104 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 10 · #6,133
Employment 11 · #6,113
Education 1 · #6,771
Health 8 · #6,277
Crime 8 · #6,270
Housing & access 31 · #4,749
Living environment 56 · #2,980

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,00054+1.1%+21.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£244,00018-2.4%+23.9%
Terraced£227,50035+3.4%+22.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£230,000
Portsmouth£258,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£34,529±£4,965 · #5,184 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,806
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

104 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 844 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #5,058 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences519
Theft101
Burglary14
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons95
Drugs11
Robbery8
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 82 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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