Key facts
Updated June 8 2009
The facts and figures listed below are designed to be a quick reference for use in communications activities such as press releases, publications and internal documents. We hope that this tool will ensure greater consistency of facts and figures quoted in publications aimed at a public audience. They are only intended to give an overview of useful facts for a selection of key topics.
More detailed information can be found on our facts and figures webpages.
People / Money / Children's Services / Adult Services / Environment / Services and resources / media
People
Hampshire has a population of 1.28 million
In terms of population, Hampshire is the third largest shire county in England, behind Kent and Essex.
The south east region (excluding London) has a population of 8.3 million. This means that Hampshire accounts for 15.4% of this figure.
Hampshire has 525,000 households (latest government statistics 2006)
Hampshire County Council employs more than 40,000 staff in a range of full- and part-time positions.
The County Council has 78 councillors: 51 are Conservative, 25 are Liberal Democrats, the Labour party has one seat and The Community Campaign (Hart) one seat.
The County Council employs around 10,000 teachers.
The County Council helps 9,000 Children & Family clients at any point in time.
Money
The Hampshire economy (excluding Portsmouth and Southampton) is worth approximately £23.5 billion, making it the second largest shire county economy after Surrey.
This year Hampshire County Council will spend £160 million in its capital programme of major repairs and improvements to schools, roads and other council buildings.
The County Council's budgeted gross revenue spending in 2009 - 2010 will amount to over £1.7 billion.
The County Treasurer's Department administers the Hampshire Pension Fund for over 200 employers including Hampshire's district and unitary authorities, Hampshire's Police, Fire and Rescue authorities and some universities. It arranges the payment of pensions to just over 27,000 pensioners.
Children's services
There are 530 schools in Hampshire (excluding Portsmouth and Southampton).
The County Council teaches around 170,000 pupils.
One in every 50 children educated in England is taught in Hampshire.
The County Council employs around 10,000 teachers.
The County Council helps 9,000 children and family clients at any point in time.
Adult services
The Adult Services department provides information, advice, services and support to over 95,000 Hampshire residents per annum. Included in this figure are the 22,000 people who meet our eligibility criteria thresholds of critical and substantial and who receive fully care managed services - an additional 4,000 people receive intermediate care.
In order to support people to remain in their own homes, we provide equipment to over 33,000 people. We also provide occupational therapy services to 5,500 people and support 2,400 adults with learning disabilities.
We provide support and services to over 1,000 people with visual and/or hearing impairment.
In some cases, people will receive a range of the services detailed above and in many cases, we also provide support and advice to their carers.
Due to joint team work under Section 31 between the Adult Services Department, Children's Services and Health, a high proportion of people with mental health problems - 13,000 - use our services.
The County Council runs social care services from a range of locations around the county, including residential homes, day centres, community mental health teams, hospitals and resource units. In addition we run 10 nursing homes in partnership with Health. In order to ensure a wide range of services is available to meet the needs of service users and to complement our own in-house resources, we contract with the private and voluntary sector both for residential care and services which support people to remain in their own homes.
Environment
Hampshire has more than 5,000 miles (8,600 kilometres) of road, the equivalent of driving from Southampton to Glasgow and back six times.
Over £57 million was spent during the financial year 2008/09 maintaining the County's highways and pavements.
Hampshire has 193 miles (310 kilometres) of railway track, incorporating 49 stations.
The County Council subsidises around 28% of the county's bus routes.
Hampshire County Council is responsible for 1,400 road bridges and 450 foot bridges.
Hampshire County Council dealt with almost 650,000 tonnes of household waste last year of which more than 250,000 tonnes was recycled.
87.7% of Hampshire's waste is diverted from landfill (40% through recycling and 47.7% via its Energy Recovery Facilities).
Hampshire County Council maintains over 150,000 street lights and illuminated signs and bollards.
Services and resources
The County Council runs 51 libraries and two Discovery Centres across Hampshire, that receive 7.5 million visits every year.
The County Council is responsible for 19 sites and museums, four arts centres, seven country parks and almost 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres) of rights of way.
Hampshire Record Office in Winchester has eight miles of shelving.
No fewer than 136 double-decker buses could fit inside Milestones, Hampshire's living history museum.
The County Council conducted 3,676 marriages in 2008/2009 and registered 6,565 births.
Total numbers of Consumers and Businesses advised by and on behalf of Hampshire Trading Standards in 2008 - 32,789.
Media
The most read local newspaper in Hampshire is The News followed by the Southern Daily Echo.
34% of Hampshire residents prefer to receive information about the Council via free local newspapers, 23% via paid-for local, paid-for papers and 33% via the County Council's resident magazine Hampshire Now.