Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Gosport

10 neighbourhoods · 56 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.72× nat.
28% below nat. avg · 71.8 / 1k / yr · #200 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
134 min
#278 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.23
#317 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,150/mo
+7.5% YoY · #181 of 314 cities
Council tax
£163/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Gosport

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

10 neighbourhoods · 56 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Gosport Town£903+7.5%8420
Priddy's Hard & Brockhurst East£998+7.5%8259
Brockhurst£1,043+7.5%7355
Rowner£1,094+7.5%5133
Clayhall & Anglesey£1,123+7.5%8377
Elson£1,124+7.5%6574
Bridgemary South£1,143+7.5%3859
Bridgemary North£1,197+7.5%4859
Lee-on-the-Solent£1,365+7.5%6892
Alverstoke & Privett£1,430+7.5%7779

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Gosport

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Gosport. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Gosport Town£903/mo
  2. 2.Priddy's Hard & Brockhurst East£998/mo
  3. 3.Brockhurst£1,043/mo
  4. 4.Rowner£1,094/mo
  5. 5.Clayhall & Anglesey£1,123/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Gosport Town84/100
  2. 2.Clayhall & Anglesey83/100
  3. 3.Priddy's Hard & Brockhurst East82/100
  4. 4.Alverstoke & Privett77/100
  5. 5.Brockhurst73/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Gosport.

Avg rent
£1,150/mo
#181 of 314 cities
Sale price
£257,750
+0.9% YoY
Yrs to deposit
3.8 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£809/mo
2 bed£1,028/mo
3 bed£1,251/mo
4 bed£1,704/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£480,400
Semi-detached£305,038
Terraced£234,537
Flat£148,467
Affordability
Price-to-earnings7.5×
Rent / take-home40%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£1,951/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,351/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Gosport

Crime in Gosport runs at 28% below the national average. Below median (#200 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 71.8, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
71.8
#200 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
32.8
Anti-social behaviour
8.1
Other theft
5.3
Criminal damage & arson
5.2
Public order
5.0
Vehicle crime
2.9
Drugs
2.8
Shoplifting
2.6
Other crime
1.6
Burglary
1.4
Bicycle theft
1.2
Possession of weapons
0.9
Robbery
0.8
Theft from the person
0.8
Safest neighbourhoods in Gosport
by safety score (higher = safer)
Lee-on-the-Solent92/100
Alverstoke & Privett79/100
Clayhall & Anglesey77/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Gosport

100% of schools serving Gosport are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
36%
#159 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Gosport
by school score
Elson70/100
Bridgemary North60/100
Lee-on-the-Solent59/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Gosport

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
134 min
#278 of 318 cities
To London
134 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
181 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
208 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
134 min
Bristol
181 min
Birmingham
208 min
Cardiff
235 min
Sheffield
279 min
Manchester
319 min
Leeds
328 min
Liverpool
333 min
Edinburgh
442 min
Glasgow
469 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car57%Public4%Active13%WFH21%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Gosport
by transport score
Gosport Town68/100
Clayhall & Anglesey48/100
Bridgemary North42/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Gosport

Gosport has 0.23 jobs per resident locally. Bottom 10%

Jobs per resident
0.23
#317 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-14.8%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs6 min
PT — 100 jobs6 min
Drive — 500 jobs7 min
PT — 500 jobs9 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs25 min
PT — 5,000 jobs45 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
25.6%
Health & social care
15.0%
Education
11.9%
Manufacturing
11.7%
Professional & business svcs
7.2%
Construction
6.2%
Tech & ICT
1.8%
Finance & insurance
0.6%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Gosport

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Gosport?
The median monthly rent across Gosport is £1,150, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Gosport?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Gosport by estimated median rent is Gosport Town at approximately £903/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Gosport?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Gosport is Gosport Town at 84/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Gosport a safe area?
Gosport has an average safety score of 60/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Gosport?
The most common council tax band in Gosport is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £271. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Gosport.
What is the average salary in Gosport?
The median annual resident salary in Gosport is £34,256, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Gosport, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Gosport?
The average property price in Gosport is approximately £234,458 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Gosport?
Gross rental yield in Gosport is approximately 4.8% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Gosport?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.8 years in Gosport. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Gosport?
100% of premises in Gosport are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Gosport?
3.8% of 16-64 residents in Gosport are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Gosport?
Gosport contains 10 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 56 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Gosport

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.