People living in Portsmouth
211,475Portsmouth · Mid-2025
The population estimate covers the whole council area.
Same-release ONS mid-year population estimates; historical estimates can be revised.
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Homes delivered as a share of the requirement
11%Portsmouth · HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25)
Delivery fell well short of the government’s three-year requirement.
Published measurement; homes include communal-accommodation equivalents, displayed rounded as in the official table. Consequence: Presumption.
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Homes delivered over three years
308homes · Portsmouth · HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25)
The published delivery test counts 308 homes against a requirement of 2,702.
Published measurement; homes include communal-accommodation equivalents, displayed rounded as in the official table. Consequence: Presumption.
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Households in temporary accommodation
608households · Portsmouth · 31 March 2026
These households did not have settled housing at the end of March.
Statutory homelessness administrative data. Quarterly assessment flows and point-in-time temporary accommodation are different measures. The denominator is the published household estimate, not population. National counts are rounded; suppressed cells are not zero.
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Children in temporary accommodation
612children · Portsmouth · 31 March 2026
Children are affected as well as adults; this is a point-in-time count.
Statutory homelessness administrative data. Quarterly assessment flows and point-in-time temporary accommodation are different measures. The denominator is the published household estimate, not population. National counts are rounded; suppressed cells are not zero.
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Households owed help after becoming homeless
332households · Portsmouth · January–March 2026
This counts new relief duties during a quarter, not households staying in temporary accommodation.
Statutory homelessness administrative data. Quarterly assessment flows and point-in-time temporary accommodation are different measures. The denominator is the published household estimate, not population. National counts are rounded; suppressed cells are not zero.
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Average monthly private rent
1,368GBP per month · Portsmouth · August 2026
Rent is an ongoing household cost, before bills.
Average monthly private rent, all property types, ONS Price Index of Private Rents.
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Middle price of homes sold
260,000GBP · Portsmouth · Year ending March 2026
Half the recorded sales cost more and half cost less.
A median of actual sales; the UK HPI average is mix-adjusted, so the two differ.
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House price compared with residents’ annual pay
7.2ratio · Portsmouth · 2025
The middle sale price was 7.22 times the middle full-time resident salary.
Median price paid for properties divided by median gross annual full-time employee earnings of residents. This is not a household mortgage multiple, workplace earnings ratio or ratio computed from the monthly house-price index.
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings · 2025 published affordability measure
Homes sold in Portsmouth and full-time employees living in Portsmouth; these are separate populations.
The official ratio combines administrative records of home sales with annual employee earnings estimated by the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. It divides the middle sale price by the middle gross annual pay of employees living in the area. This is not a single survey, a household mortgage multiple, or a ratio made from the monthly house-price index.
House price compared with pay for jobs in the city
6.7ratio · Portsmouth · 2025
This measures jobs located here, including people who commute in.
Published ONS median affordability ratio. Median house sale price divided by median gross annual full-time employee earnings of people working in the area. This differs from residence-based earnings and is not a household mortgage multiple. Use the annual published ratio, not a mix of differently dated house prices and earnings.
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings · 2025 published affordability measure
Homes sold in Portsmouth and full-time employees working in Portsmouth; these are separate populations.
The official ratio combines administrative records of home sales with annual employee earnings estimated by the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. It divides the middle sale price by the middle gross annual pay of employees working in the area. This is not a single survey, a household mortgage multiple, or a ratio made from the monthly house-price index.
Children in low-income families after housing costs
31%Portsmouth · FYE 2025
About three in ten children were below the relative low-income threshold.
Children aged under 16 in relative low-income families; income below 60% of the contemporary median. DWP calibrates to HBAI. Disclosure control means ward totals may not equal city totals. FYE 2025 rates use mid-2024 population denominators; the tables use May 2024 ward boundaries. BHC and AHC are distinct measures. Historical values in this release have been revised.
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Households in fuel poverty
10.9%Portsmouth · 2024
These households meet the official low-income and poor-energy-efficiency definition.
Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) measure. Modelled official statistics in development; suitable for broad comparisons, not detailed year-to-year trends. Local figures are 2024 estimates, not national 2025 projections.
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Records on the combined shared-housing register
3,125records · Portsmouth · council combined HMO register, September 2026
The 3,125 records include 3,107 in licensed categories. Repeated addresses mean records are not unique homes.
Records on the council's combined HMO register (3,107 in licensed categories). Portsmouth local authority.
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Pupils missing at least half their sessions
3.5%Portsmouth · 2024/25
Severe absence can leave children far behind in learning and support.
Pupil enrolments aged 5–15 missing 50% or more of possible sessions across the full academic year; state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools.
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New education and care plans issued within 20 weeks
42.9%Portsmouth · 2025
Fewer than half were issued within the statutory time limit in 2025.
Use the same exceptions basis for all comparisons. Excluding exceptions is the DfE release headline.
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Children and young people with education and care plans
2,616plans · Portsmouth · January 2026
This is the number of plans maintained by Portsmouth, not all children needing extra support.
Includes early years, further education and children educated elsewhere. This is not the number or share of school pupils with an EHC plan.
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Adults seen by an NHS dentist within two years
30.2%Portsmouth · seen in 24 months, to March 2026
The measure records use of NHS dentistry, not everyone who wanted an appointment.
Adults seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years. Portsmouth local authority.
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Deaths before 75 from causes considered preventable
192.1per 100,000 · Portsmouth · 2022–24
This is an age-adjusted rate over three years, not a count or proof about an individual death.
Age-standardised using the 2013 European Standard Population. Three-year pooled rates smooth year-to-year variation; overlapping periods are not independent.
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Estimated male life-expectancy gap within the city
9.4years · Portsmouth · 2022–24
The official model compares the most and least deprived ends of the city.
A modelled social-gradient gap, not the observed difference between two wards or two individual deciles. Use confidence intervals; methodology and deprivation-index changes can affect trends.
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Estimated female life-expectancy gap within the city
7.8years · Portsmouth · 2022–24
The official model compares the most and least deprived ends of the city.
A modelled social-gradient gap, not the observed difference between two wards or two individual deciles. Use confidence intervals; methodology and deprivation-index changes can affect trends.
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Typical full-time annual pay for residents
36,022GBP per year · Portsmouth · resident median full-time pay, 2025
Residents’ pay is lower than pay for jobs located in the city.
What Portsmouth residents earn, against what jobs in the city pay. Portsmouth residents (not workplaces).
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings · 2025
Full-time employees living in Portsmouth, including residents who work outside the city.
The middle gross annual employee pay is estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. It describes employees by home address, not all household income or self-employed earnings. The preserved official source is the Nomis Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings page.
Typical full-time annual pay for jobs in the city
38,815GBP per year · Portsmouth · 2025 (provisional)
This includes commuters who live elsewhere.
Median gross annual pay of full-time employees working in Portsmouth (workplace-based), ASHE.
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings · 2025 (provisional)
Full-time employees working in Portsmouth, including commuters who live outside the city.
The middle gross annual employee pay is estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. It describes jobs in the city, not only its residents. Survey sampling uncertainty applies; provisional estimates can change. The preserved official source names the survey.
University of Portsmouth students, full-time equivalent
20,731full-time equivalent students · University of Portsmouth · 2024/25
This measures the university’s teaching scale, not the number living inside the city.
Provider-wide student full-time equivalents, not headcount or the number living within the city. May include provision delivered outside the city. Rounded by OfS.
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International ferry passenger movements
1,399,000passenger movements · Portsmouth port · 2025
Arrivals and departures are counted separately; these are not unique visitors.
International short-sea ferry movements; excludes domestic Isle of Wight, Channel Islands and harbour ferry journeys. Published in thousands and converted to movements.
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International cruise passenger movements
61,000passenger movements · Portsmouth port · 2025
This excludes transit calls and domestic cruises.
DfT counts passenger movements, including both departure and arrival for a return journey. Published in thousands and converted to movements. International cruise excludes transit calls and domestic cruises; not unique people or all port visitors.
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Fly-tipping incidents recorded by the council
937incidents · Portsmouth · 2024/25
The annual count reflects both dumping and how it is reported and recorded.
Fly-tipping incidents recorded by the council each year. Portsmouth local authority.
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Annual nitrogen dioxide at London Road
28µg/m³ · London Road automatic monitoring station · 2025
One monitoring site cannot describe exposure on every street.
A measured concentration at this monitoring station, not a citywide average. Gatcombe Park is the urban-background station; other stations represent roadside or kerbside conditions.
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Properties in the high river or sea flood-risk band
2,849properties · Portsmouth local authority · June 2026
Modelled flood exposure is a planning measure, not a prediction that each property will flood.
Modelled risk of flooding from rivers and sea, allowing for flood defences; excludes surface-water and groundwater flooding. Includes residential, non-residential and unclassified properties from the National Receptor Dataset 2023. June 2026 risk model, not a count of properties flooded. At least a 3.3% annual chance. Display rounded to the nearest 10; source value retained.
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Properties in mapped river or sea flood-risk bands
11,827properties · Portsmouth local authority · June 2026
This includes very low, low, medium and high risk; it is not the high-risk count.
Modelled risk of flooding from rivers and sea, allowing for flood defences; excludes surface-water and groundwater flooding. Includes residential, non-residential and unclassified properties from the National Receptor Dataset 2023. June 2026 risk model, not a count of properties flooded. Includes the very-low likelihood band. Display rounded to the nearest 10; source value retained.
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Forecast general reserves
22,300,000GBP · Portsmouth · 31 March 2027
This is a forecast for March 2027, not money freely available for any new scheme.
A forecast in the February 2026 budget report, not an actual reserve balance. Depends on delivery of planned savings.
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Budget savings planned
3,000,000GBP · Portsmouth · 2026/27
Planned savings must still be delivered and their service effects checked.
Budgeted savings required to balance the 2026/27 budget; not a reported actual overspend or achieved saving.
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Storm-overflow spills at Henderson Road, Eastney
86spills · Henderson Road Eastney Cso · 2025
A spill count measures recorded discharges, not their volume or every pollution source.
Named outfall (SWS00416), discharging to THE SOLENT; not a city or harbour total. Spill count uses EA 12/24-hour method. Duration is monitored discharge time, not sewage volume or a real-time bathing safety result. Monitor operational for 97.52% of reporting period.
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Net homes added in council monitoring
316homes · Portsmouth local authority · 2025/26
The latest council monitoring year is newer than the government’s three-year test.
Council monitoring series, not the government Housing Delivery Test. Published annual components differ; no reconciliation is inferred.
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