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Gosport

Gosport is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 81,952. It has around 1 pharmacy, 6 supermarkets, and around 24 restaurants and cafés, along with 48 bus stops and Portsmouth Harbour railway station 3.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £255,785, and there were around 238 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gosport area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gosport area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 81,953 residents at roughly 3,230 people per km².

Council
Gosport
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Gosport
Police force
Hampshire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 207th of 294 English council areas — better than 30% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability65
Affordable rents35
Good schools15
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation41
Employment38
Low council tax71

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 19° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:23

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

131 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 427 rated 4–5 ★ (357 top)
  • 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Portsmouth Harbour (1.4 km)
  • 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Portsmouth Harbour (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£235,188 average 1.4% YoY

Across Gosport · to 2026-06

Detached£478,034
Semi-detached£306,284
Terraced£235,755
Flat£148,790

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,165 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £820
  • 2 bed £1,041
  • 3 bed £1,269

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.4 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons - Gosport (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches31
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

81,953 residents in Gosport · 3,230/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 130 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (35% of 37,870)

A £1,563
B £1,823
C £2,084
D £2,344
E £2,865
F £3,386
G £3,907
H £4,689

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

32 schools · 9,804 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

30inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bridgemary SchoolRequires improvement
  • King's Academy Brune ParkInadequate
  • King's Academy Bay House

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gosport

Care & health services

1,436 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes482
  • GP practices163
  • Dentists325
  • Homecare agencies362
  • Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (St George Barracks South)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 214 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

53 applications decided

94.3% granted · 50 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dame Caroline Dinenage

Conservative

Gosport

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 11
  • LD 6
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens32
  • Restaurants & cafés87

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

339 jobs advertised · £42,280 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Design Engineer – Electrical

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£711 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,811 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 41,180 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Imports 25% · Solar 20% · Wind 7%

180 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gosport:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Gosport railway station · 0.3 km

    Gosport railway station was a terminus station designed by William Tite and opened to passenger and freight trains in 1841 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was closed in 1953 to passenger trains, and…

  • Gosport Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Gosport Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Gosport, Hampshire, England. The structure currently serves as the headquarters of Gosport Borough Council.

  • St George Barracks, Gosport · 0.4 km

    St George Barracks was a military installation at Gosport, Hampshire. In addition to the guard house, barrack blocks, the sergeant's mess and the gymnasium all survive and are Grade II listed buildings.

  • Holy Trinity Church, Gosport · 0.7 km

    Holy Trinity is a Church of England church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition in Gosport, Hampshire, within the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth.

  • HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore establishment) · 0.7 km

    HMS St Vincent was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy, located in Gosport, Hampshire.

  • Forton Barracks · 0.7 km

    Forton Barracks was a military installation near Gosport in Hampshire, which served first as an Army barracks and then as a divisional headquarters for the Royal Marines. It subsequently served as a Royal Navy trainin…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Gosport?
Gosport is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Gosport local authority.
What is the population of Gosport?
Gosport has an approximate settlement population of 81,952.
How deprived is Gosport?
The Gosport local authority, which includes Gosport, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.