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People and place
A population and household snapshot for Poole, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population99,397
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth West
Age profile
0 to 1719.0% · 18,882 people
18 to 246.3% · 6,301 people
25 to 3411.8% · 11,770 people
35 to 4919.2% · 19,080 people
50 to 6420.2% · 20,108 people
65 and over23.4% · 23,256 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
43,171 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners66.2% · 28,567 households
Private renters21.4% · 9,254 households
Social renters11.4% · 4,929 households
Other tenure1.0% · 421 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
43,173 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households32.5% · 14,022 households
Families with dependent children25.0% · 10,788 households
Other single-family households37.7% · 16,292 households
Other household types4.8% · 2,071 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
97,198 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot7.7% · 7,445 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little10.6% · 10,328 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act81.7% · 79,425 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
This constituency in Parliament
A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.
This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.
Written question15 June 2026
Asylum: Poole
Raised by Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently housed in Poole constituency.
Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Raised by Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on the request from BCP council to implement the measures trialled last August in terms of increased parking fines.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants in Poole constituency are awaiting regular pension payments from the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of maintaining Local Housing Allowance at current levels for another year on low income renters in Poole constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for youth services in Poole constituency.
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency379
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded24
Total awarded£978,970
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 10 June 2026
Trinity 500 Replacement
Poole Unit 272 of the Sea Cadet Corps
£3,300
Sport England · Sport
About this award
The project will replace a Trinity 500 boat to increase and retain participation in rowing. The new vessel will be used by Sea Cadets aged 10-18 alongside existing boats during twice weekly training, weekend sessions, events and holiday activity.
National Lottery grantAwarded 21 May 2026
Holistic Health and Wellbeing Garden
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
£19,956
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 21 May 2026
Volunteer Pathways – Supporting Families with Babies
DorPIP
£19,995
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
DorPIP - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 14 May 2026
Singing For All
BitterSweet Harmony
£9,720
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
BitterSweet Harmony - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 10 April 2026
Community climbing for young people
Dorset Healthcare Charitable Fund
£4,374
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will deliver a weekly coached climbing group for up to eight young people with mental health difficulties identified by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services teams in Dorset. Funding will cover coaches fees and transport/travel costs.
19 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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