Hampshire by the Numbers 2026
A single-page summary of ceremonial Hampshire today — population, housing, jobs, deprivation, crime and GP access across all 13 authorities, generated live from the same sourced data as every page on this site.
UK Facts · Hampshire in Numbers
7 figures across 13 authorities
1,919,574
People across ceremonial Hampshire
Sum of all 13 authorities’ latest ONS mid-year population estimates.
£252,750 – £465,000
Median house price range
Gosport lowest, Hart highest, of the 13 authorities with a figure.
73.3% – 87.6%
Employment rate range
Southampton lowest, Fareham highest.
0% – 12%
Share of neighbourhoods in the most-deprived national decile
Winchester lowest, Portsmouth highest.
40.8 – 121
Police-recorded crime rate per 1,000 (offences)
Hart lowest, Southampton highest, of the 12 authorities with a figure.
1.09 – 2.78
GP surgeries per 10,000 population
Basingstoke and Deane lowest, Gosport highest.
12.3% – 31%
Children in relative low income (after housing costs)
Hart lowest, Portsmouth highest.
Every range shows the real lowest and highest authority, not an average — open Compare all 13 for every figure with its own source. Ranges only include authorities with a verified value; where a metric is unavailable for one or more of the 13, this is disclosed on the Compare page rather than papered over.
Generated live from this site's data registry — not a static image. Figures update automatically as new official data is verified and wired in.
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Every figure above is a real lowest/highest pair across the 13 authorities — explore the full table or any individual authority's own page for its complete, sourced picture.
Generated from this site's live data registry. Median house price sourced via ONS House Price Statistics for Small Areas / UK HPI. Police-recorded crime rate per 1,000 population: Police-recorded crime. Recording practices and reporting can affect comparisons.