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HMOs in Portsmouth

High, concentrated and hard to count with one number

3,107

records in licensed categories, September 2026

Portsmouth City Council HMO register. Records, not properties.

69.7%

of the combined register is in three wards

Charles Dickens, Central Southsea, St Thomas.

Census 2021 HMO share of all dwellings

  • 2.35%Southampton
  • 2.12%Portsmouth
  • 0.70%England
  • 0.25%Hampshire CC area

Important: Citywide licensing expanded in September 2023, so licence counts before and after are not a like-for-like stock trend.

Sources: Portsmouth City Council, HMO register (September 2026); ONS Census 2021 RM192 v2. Hampshire CC area = the 11 districts administered by Hampshire County Council, excluding Portsmouth and Southampton. Checked 23 September 2026. Data version e2720532dc88. uk-facts.org/share/portsmouth-hmos

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Portsmouth had 3,107 records in licensed HMO categories in September 2026. 69.7% of the combined register was in Charles Dickens, Central Southsea and St Thomas. Census 2021 identified HMOs at 2.12% of Portsmouth dwellings, compared with 2.35% in Southampton, 0.70% in England and 0.25% in the Hampshire County Council area. Licence coverage expanded in September 2023, so licence counts are not a continuous measure of HMO stock.

Data version: Portsmouth register c56e8282b357 · ONS RM192 e3e5b7fcb885 · LAHS 6b5f0105d344 (first 12 characters of each source file's SHA-256).

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