Wymering
Portsmouth 002 · 4 sub-areas · 6,589 residents
Portsmouth 002 is a dense, working-class pocket of Portsmouth with around 6,600 residents and a notably high share of social housing. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £1,100 a month — slightly below the Portsmouth average — but nearly two-thirds of take-home pay goes on rent, making affordability tight despite the modest headline figures.
Wymering is a mid-density neighbourhood of Portsmouth in the South East region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services.
Overview
What's it like to live in Wymering?
2 parks and 3 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,357 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Wymering in Portsmouth
Living in Wymering
Portsmouth 002 sits in one of the more deprived parts of the city, with an IMD score that places it in roughly the bottom fifth of neighbourhoods nationally. That shapes almost everything about life here — the housing mix, the local economy, the schools picture. But it also means rents are among the lower end for Portsmouth, which is itself a relatively affordable South Coast city compared with Southampton or Brighton.
The cost picture is mixed. A two-bedroom home runs around £1,100 a month, which looks reasonable until you set it against median resident earnings of just under £31,000 a year. At that income level, rent absorbs roughly 62% of take-home pay — well above the threshold most financial advisers consider sustainable. The median house price sits at around £249,000, and a typical deposit takes about four years to save, which is tight but not unusual for coastal southern cities.
Who lives here reflects the housing stock. Social renting accounts for nearly 40% of households — one of the higher shares you'll find in Portsmouth — while owner-occupation sits at around 40% and private renting at 19%. That mix brings a settled, multigenerational quality to the area: roughly a quarter of residents are under 18, and single-person households make up 27% of the total. The degree-qualified share, at around 22%, is moderate rather than high.
Practically, the nearest mainline rail station is about 1.2 km away — roughly a 15-minute walk — and the rail commute to London runs just over 107 minutes. Most residents drive: half the working population commutes by car, while only around 7% use public transport. Broadband coverage is excellent — 100% of premises have access to gigabit-capable connections. See the streets and sub-areas below for more.
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Frequently asked
- Is Portsmouth 002 a nice place to live?
- It depends on your priorities. Rents are relatively low for the South Coast, and the area has a settled, family-oriented character with strong broadband infrastructure. The trade-off is a high crime rate — roughly 192 incidents per 1,000 residents annually — a weak schools picture, and an affordability squeeze that still absorbs around 62% of typical take-home pay despite modest headline rents.
- What is the rent in Portsmouth 002?
- A one-bedroom flat runs around £890 a month, a two-bedroom around £1,100, and a three-bedroom roughly £1,350. These figures are estimates scaled from city-level data using local sale prices. Rents have risen about 2.7% year-on-year, broadly in line with national trends.
- Is Portsmouth 002 safe?
- Crime runs high here — around 192 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, more than double the UK national average of roughly 80. That's a significant consideration. The rate is consistent with the area's deprivation profile, and risk is not spread evenly across all streets, so it's worth researching specific roads before committing.
- What's the commute from Portsmouth 002 to Portsmouth city centre?
- The nearest mainline rail station is about 1.2 km away — roughly a 15-minute walk. Most residents drive: around half commute by car, and only 7% use public transport. The wider public-transport commute to London takes just over 107 minutes by rail.
- Who lives in Portsmouth 002?
- It's a mixed-age, working-class neighbourhood. Nearly 40% of households are in social housing — one of the higher shares in Portsmouth — and around a quarter of residents are under 18. Single-person households make up 27% of the total. The degree-qualified share is around 22%, moderate rather than high.
- What schools are near Portsmouth 002?
- There are 40 schools within 2 km of typical residents, but only around 30% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national share of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is just over 2 km away. Check individual Ofsted reports and catchment maps carefully before relying on proximity alone.