Small Area Population Forecasts (SAPF)
2010-based SAPF now available.
Summary:
Hampshire County Council produces The Small Area Population Forecasts (SAPF)
The data provides estimates of the population and the number of dwellings for a variety of geographies, including districts, parishes and wards for all of Hampshire (as well as the Unitary Authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton). It also breaks the district level data down by the 2004 Urban and Rural Classification.
If you want to find out what district, parish or ward your postcode is in please enter it into our postcode to higher geography lookup.(Excel Document)
The population figures are broken down by age and gender and are forecast from 2010-2017.
A short summary report accompanies these forecasts called A Demographic Profile of Hampshire. It provides a graphical overview showing the current demographic picture of Hampshire as well as the forecasted trends.
There is a technical note explaining the methodology for the forecasts.
To ensure SAPF meets your data needs, please take a look at the How to use Forecasts, Estimates and Projections page.
Users should be aware that in the current economic climate forecasting future dwelling supply has been particularly difficult. The figures are the best projections available as at April 1st 2010 on a site by site basis taking account of the current market conditions.
Following work with Southampton City Council an alternative set of SAPF forecasts have been produced. They are based on slightly different assumptions making use of updated information and work carried out by the city. The alternative set can be found at the bottom of this webpage. For more details please see the methodology note.
The Data:
The dwellings data is now available in a separate file.
Hampshire and District Data:
- District populations by age
69kb - District populations by age and gender
119kb - District dwellings
15kb
Parish Data:
Ward Data:
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) Data:
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) Data:
Urban and Rural Data:
- District populations by 2004 Urban and Rural Classification by age
102kb - District populations by 2004 Urban and Rural Classification by age and gender
189kb - District dwellings by 2004 Urban and Rural Classification
18kb
The 2004 Urban and Rural Classification breaks the population of each district down into urban and rural components. There a four categories, Urban, Town and Fringe, Village, and Hamlet and Isolated Dwellings. For more information regarding this categorisation, please visit the 2004 Urban and Rural Classification pages on the Office for National Statistics website.
Hampshire part of New Forest National Park:
- Hampshire part of the New Forest National Park by age
23kb - Hampshire part of the New Forest National Park by age and gender
25kb
Southampton Alternative SAPF Figures:
- District populations by age
24kb - Ward populations by age
58kb - LSOA populations by age
354kb - MSOA populations by age
95kb
The methodology of the Small Area Population Forecasts (SAPF) is different to that used for the Long Term Projections; as such, the two sets of figures are not directly comparable.
Formatting constraints mean that we can only produce the forecasts in Excel spreadsheet format. If you need help or if your computer cannot open spreadsheets in this format then please contact us.