Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 31 min4:50 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 56 min8:04 am – 4:00 pm
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People6,440 residentsin the Wymering census areaMedian age 35.12,584 households41% of homes owner-occupied20% owned outright39% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.3% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 2,909 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: health and social work 28%, retail and wholesale 15%, construction 13%Getting to work: 13% work from home, 53% go by car, 7% take public transport, 27% walk or cycle84% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher28% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 91%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C760 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month January30 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksFoxes Forestforest · 1.0 miSouthwick Park Lakelake · 2.0 miPortsdown Hill Easthill · under a mileWhale Islandisland · 2.2 miGreat Salterns Lakelake · 2.8 miNorth Binness Islandisland · 2.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCosham Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haKing George V Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 8 haWatersedge Park Sports and Social Clubpark · 1.1 miJohn Wesley Gardenspark · 1.2 miKing George V Football Complexplaying field · under a mile · 2 haPortsmouth Golf Coursegolf course · 1.4 mi · 54 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes20 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 27 Feb 201942 mi away, Newdigate, SurreyMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 6 Dec 202530 mi away, English ChannelSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 13 · PM2.5 6.8 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,671 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation12 m39 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -1 to 116 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalQueen Alexandra Hospitalunder a mileGP surgerySolent Bowel Cancer Screening Centre11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyH J Everett12 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistPoswillow Unitunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi26 schools16 primary, 5 secondary, 1 all-through, 4 specialPrimaryMedina Primary Schoolages 4-11, 204 pupilsunder a milePrimaryPortsdown Primary Schoolages 2-11, 398 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryTrafalgar Schoolages 11-16, 1,031 pupils1.2 miCollegeCity of Portsmouth College1.0 miUniversityUniversity of Portsmouth3.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportSouthampton Airport SOU14 miMajor airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW44 miRailway stationCoshamunder a mileBus stationThe Hard InterchangePortsmouth3.6 miFerryPortsmouth International Cruise & Ferry TerminalStamshaw2.5 miBus stops106 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the PO6 postcode district.
