Paulsgrove West & Port Solent

Portsmouth · South East · population 6,574 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,905 of 6,856 in England
  • #848 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,377
Median age (est.)40
Density1,659per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above28%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 16%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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 West & Port Solent is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,905 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (51) and lowest on Education (26). Typical homes here sold for about £291,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 72 sales), 13% above the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,427 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 49 · #3,515
Employment 46 · #3,665
Education 26 · #5,084
Health 45 · #3,768
Crime 37 · #4,330
Housing & access 51 · #3,384
Living environment 41 · #4,049

House prices ?

£291,000median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£291,00072+3.9%+8.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£289,95025+1.7%+11.5%
Terraced£290,00033+8.9%+7.0%
Flat£330,00012+2.6%+3.9%
This area£291,000
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)£44,427±£6,243 · #2,219 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,238
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 452 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #3,451 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences247
Theft81
Burglary8
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons45
Drugs10
Robbery3
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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