Gosport: local statistics
Gosport is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 82,618 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Gosport, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Gosport cost £240,696 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 3.4% on July 2025. That is the 3rd lowest in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Prices are 37% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Gosport (£37,060) gives a ratio of 6.5. That ratio is the 2nd lowest ratio in the South East.
In mid-2025 the population of Gosport was estimated at 82,618, down 0.1% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is -1.5%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole. That is the slowest growth in the South East. The series peaked at 84,476 in mid-2016.
Life expectancy at birth in Gosport is 82.3 years for women and 79.0 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.3 years for women and +0.8 for men. It is the 3rd lowest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The ONS counted 2,315 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Gosport in March 2026, 1% fewer than in 2016. That is 28 for every 1,000 residents, the lowest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Full-time employees living in Gosport earned a median £710.50 a week in April 2025 (£37,060 a year). It is the 58th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East, and 12.8% less than across the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £694.30, £16.20 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £535.80: a change of +33% before inflation.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Gosport is £2,344.29, up £108.15 on 2025-26. That makes it 53rd of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,510.15, so it has risen 55%.
3.6% of Gosport residents aged 16 to 64 (1,795 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the South East: 3.1%). Twelve months before, it was 3.5%. The five-year high was 4.7% (August 2021); the low was 3.2% (January 2024).
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 73.7% of Gosport residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 8.1 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 59.9% to 79.2%.
Police recorded 5,953 crimes in Gosport in the year to March 2026, 72.1 for every 1,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 55 in the South East. A year earlier it was 79.0. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 70.8 to 91.2 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 83,834 |
| 2016 | 84,476 |
| 2017 | 84,246 |
| 2018 | 83,700 |
| 2019 | 83,022 |
| 2020 | 82,588 |
| 2021 | 82,169 |
| 2022 | 82,371 |
| 2023 | 82,662 |
| 2024 | 82,727 |
| 2025 | 82,618 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £175,739 |
| July 2017 | £190,064 |
| July 2018 | £192,054 |
| July 2019 | £198,711 |
| July 2020 | £196,541 |
| July 2021 | £217,845 |
| July 2022 | £237,304 |
| July 2023 | £235,826 |
| July 2024 | £236,987 |
| July 2025 | £232,885 |
| July 2026 | £240,696 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £535.80 a week |
| 2016 | £539.80 a week |
| 2017 | £530.10 a week |
| 2018 | £538.10 a week |
| 2019 | £573.40 a week |
| 2020 | £555.90 a week |
| 2021 | £620.10 a week |
| 2022 | £623.90 a week |
| 2023 | £656.80 a week |
| 2024 | £711.00 a week |
| 2025 | £710.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,510.15 |
| 2017-18 | £1,575.21 |
| 2018-19 | £1,663.35 |
| 2019-20 | £1,731.79 |
| 2020-21 | £1,797.55 |
| 2021-22 | £1,883.09 |
| 2022-23 | £1,943.50 |
| 2023-24 | £2,040.09 |
| 2024-25 | £2,132.91 |
| 2025-26 | £2,236.14 |
| 2026-27 | £2,344.29 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 72.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 78.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 86.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 85.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 81.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 70.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 87.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 91.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 81.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 79.0 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 72.1 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.8% |
| 2016/17 | 73.3% |
| 2017/18 | 75.0% |
| 2018/19 | 73.0% |
| 2019/20 | 71.1% |
| 2020/21 | 59.9% |
| 2021/22 | 67.2% |
| 2022/23 | 73.7% |
| 2023/24 | 79.2% |
| 2024/25 | 78.0% |
| 2025/26 | 73.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.1 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.1 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 2,415 |
| 2018 | 2,355 |
| 2019 | 2,345 |
| 2020 | 2,355 |
| 2021 | 2,345 |
| 2022 | 2,350 |
| 2023 | 2,290 |
| 2024 | 2,280 |
| 2025 | 2,295 |
| 2026 | 2,315 |
Questions about Gosport
What is the average house price in Gosport?
£240,696 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+3.4% on a year).
What is the population of Gosport?
82,618 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Gosport?
82.3 years for women and 79.0 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Gosport?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Gosport was £710.50 a week in April 2025 (£37,060 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Gosport?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,344.29 for 2026-27.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Gosport?
1,795 in August 2026 (3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Gosport?
Home Office figures show 5,953 offences in the year to March 2026, or 72.1 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Gosport
Every body that makes decisions for Gosport, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Gosport council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Gosport in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Gosport: Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK population · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the South East: Epsom and Ewell · Hastings · Mole Valley · Runnymede · Surrey Heath · Tandridge
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