Hampshire Facts and Figures

Hampshire County Council area Key Facts






Rural & Urban Classification 2004



Area Total Hectares % of Hectares % of population
Rural 311570.9 85% 23%
Urban >10,000 population 56325.5 15% 77%
Total 367896.4 100% 100%


Sources :

Population figures - Hampshire County Council small area population forecasts 2008 based
Rural urban figures-Rural & Urban Classification 2004

These data are derived from 2001 Census data
Areas were treated as 'urban' or 'rural' simply on the basis of their geographical relationship to settlements of 10,000 or more population. More specifically, where the majority of the population of an area lives within settlements with a population of more than 10,000 people, the area is treated as urban. All other areas were treated as rural.


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Population




The Hampshire County Council Demography section have produced Demographic Factsheets for the Hampshire County Council Area, Hampshire including Portsmouth and Southampton, Hampshire's districts (including the unitary authorities of Southampton and Portsmouth). You can view or download the factsheet for the Hampshire County Coucil area by clicking on the following link:



Population age profile


Age Group     1991 Census 2001 Census 2010 Mid-Year Estimates
All Ages 1,169,986 1,240,103 1,296,800
0-4 77,064 72,178 75,200
5-9 73,533 79,425 72,700
10-14 72,123 82,365 78,400
15-19 79,329 74,971 80,700
20-24 83,762 62,496 70,300
25-29 89,809 72,690 70,200
30-34 86,627 89,235 69,000
35-39 80,802 99,891 84,800
40-44 93,035 93,167 97,400
45-49 77,996 82,659 101,500
50-54 65,102 92,241 89,500
55-59 59,430 75,909 79,700
60-64 56,829 61,744 87,700
65-69 53,526 55,663 67,900
70-74 43,676 50,153 56,000
75-79 36,009 41,424 46,200
80-84 24,232 28,563 35,200
85-89 12,088 16,728 22,500
90+ 5,014 8,601 12,000

For further information or a more detailed breakdown on the population figures shown please go to the Demography section pages


Source:  Office for National Statistics


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Housing Completions




The following table shows the number of net dwellings completed in the Hampshire County Council area by large and small sites each year since 2000. The information is obtained through detailed annual surveys carried out by the Land Supply team and local authority colleagues.


Net Housing Completions by Large, Small and Total Sites 2000-2011


2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Total 2000-2011
Large Sites 2542 2926 3095 4182 4685 4066 4367 4243 3483 2981 2748 39318
Small Sites 583 886 900 1008 1188 1276 1192 1213 1075 792 823 10936
Total 3125 3812 3995 5190 5873 5342 5559 5456 4558 3773 3571 50254

Note : Large sites are sites of 10 or more dwellings

Source: Land Supply team, Research and Intelligence group, Hampshire County Council

For more information on Housing, Industrial, Leisure and Retail sites please visit the Land Supply section pages



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House Prices





Qtr 1 (provisional) 2011 median house price Qtr 1 (provisional) 2011 lower quartile house price 2010 ratio of median house prices to median earnings 2010 lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings
Hampshire 219,000 164,999 8.27 8.80
South East 217,000 160,000 8.23 8.51
England 175,000 121,000 7.01 6.69

Source: HM Land Registry


The BBC host a searchable page with the most available house price information supplied by the Land Registry, the information is broken down by district and house type and can be found at BBC house prices page



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Employment (employees)




Sector 2009 Employee estimate 2010 Employee estimate Absolute Change % Change LQ against GB
Primary & Utilities (A/B) 7,600 8,400 800 10.9 0.74
Manufacturing (C) 49,700 52,000 2,300 4.6 1.06
Construction (F) 32,800 32,400 -400 -1.3 1.33
Motor trades (Part G) 10,300 11,200 900 8.7 1.15
Wholesale (Part G) 28,700 31,300 2,700 9.3 1.37
Retail (Part G) 56,700 56,600 -200 -0.3 0.99
Transport & storage (inc postal) (H) 19,900 20,800 900 4.6 0.82
Accommodation & food services (I) 34,200 36,600 2,400 7.0 0.99
Information & communication (J) 29,700 30,900 1,200 4.1 1.50
Financial & insurance (K) 19,900 18,900 -1,000 -5.0 0.88
Property (L) 9,200 7,900 -1,400 -14.7 1.03
Professional, scientific & technical (M) 42,200 39,600 -2,600 -6.2 1.03
Business administration & support services (N) 41,300 41,200 -100 -0.2 0.93
Public administration & defence (O) 22,600 23,100 500 2.3 0.72
Education (P) 49,600 54,600 5,000 10.0 1.02
Health (Q) 61,500 62,100 600 1.0 0.84
Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services (R,S,T,U) 26,300 26,700 400 1.6 1.05
Total Employee Estimate 542,300 554,300 12,000 2.2  

Source: Business Register and Employment Survey 2009 and 2010

Notes:

  1. All broad industry definitions based on Standard Industry Classification (SIC) 2007. The revised SIC 2007 is not directly comparable to the earlier SIC 2003 or 1992 used in the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).

  2. All estimates rounded to nearest 100 employees.

  3. Excludes SIC 2007 01:000 farm labourers.

  4. An employee is anyone aged 16 years or over that an organisation directly pays from its payroll(s), in return for carrying out a full-time or part-time job or being on a training scheme. It excludes voluntary workers, self-employed, working owners who are not paid via PAYE.

The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) replaces the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), but remains based on a sample survey so all figures are estimates subject to reliability measures which need to be taken into account when interpreting the data. The lower the level of geography and industry the less reliable the data.

The location quotient (LQ) compares the local economy to a reference economy, in the process attempting to identify specializations in the local economy. The location quotient is based upon a calculated ratio between the local economy and the economy of some reference unit, in this case the local authority area referenced to Great Britain. A figure equal to or close to ‘1.00’ implies parity between the local and national employee share for that sector, while figures above suggest local sector concentrations.




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Earnings




Average gross weekly (median resident earnings) Hampshire County Council area (£) C.I % +/- UK (£) C.I % +/-
Males 570 2.2 490 0.3
Females 340 2.7 320 0.3
All workers 450 2.0 400 0.2
Full time workers 550 1.9 500 0.2

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2011 (Resident based query), National Statistics. Earnings rounded to the nearest ten.

Average gross weekly (median workplace earnings) Hampshire County Council area (£) C.I % +/- UK (£) C.I % +/-
Male 530 2.3 490 0.3
Female 310 2.8 320 0.3
All workers 420 1.9 400 0.2
Full Time workers 520 1.7 500 0.2

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2011 (Workplace based query), National Statistics. Earnings rounded to the nearest ten.

NOTES: Earnings are median gross weekly estimates. The median is the value below which 50% of all employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data, which is influenced more by extreme values e.g. small numbers of very high earners.

Resident based earnings are the average earnings of employees who live in the local district and includes local resident workers and out-commuters. Workplace earnings include local resident workers and in-commuters.

C.I % +/- is the confidence interval around the earnings estimate at the 95% level (0.05). As a rule of thumb, the higher the percentage value the less reliable the data. Any value above 10% should be viewed with caution.




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Unemployment




Claimants April 2012          Male Female Persons
Claimants 11,366 5,630 16,996
Rate % 2.8 1.4 2.1
UK Rate % 5.4 2.6 4.0

Source: DWP Claimant Count, National Statistics

From August 2010 all claimant rates are now based on the revised working age population. This moves the female working age from 16-59yrs to 16-64yrs to be in line with the male working age. This reflects the change in pensionable age for female workers, but the actual changes to pensionable age will be gradually introduced over the coming years. However,  this 'big bang' methodology has been applied by the Office for National Statistics in response to the consultation exercise.






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