Southsea Prince Albert Road

Portsmouth · South East · population 6,368 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,398 of 6,856 in England
  • #768 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,319
Median age (est.)37
Density13,050per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above39%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 34%45–64 26%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 7%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 32%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Southsea Prince Albert Road sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,398 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (59) and lowest on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £251,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 106 sales), in line with the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,482 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £45,852 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 60 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 48 · #3,542
Employment 56 · #3,014
Education 50 · #3,460
Health 41 · #4,063
Crime 49 · #3,522
Housing & access 59 · #2,781
Living environment 20 · #5,468

House prices ?

£251,000median (12m) · +0.4% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£251,000106+0.4%+21.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£265,00077+2.5%+23.3%
Flat£190,00025+6.4%+26.7%
This area£251,000
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)£45,852±£6,429 · #1,887 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,762
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 382 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #2,870 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences188
Theft57
Burglary14
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons45
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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