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People and place
A population and household snapshot for Winchester, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population109,065
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth East
Age profile
0 to 1720.3% · 22,131 people
18 to 2410.1% · 10,994 people
25 to 3410.0% · 10,911 people
35 to 4918.1% · 19,785 people
50 to 6419.7% · 21,528 people
65 and over21.7% · 23,716 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.
42,377 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners65.2% · 27,610 households
Private renters17.4% · 7,385 households
Social renters16.2% · 6,860 households
Other tenure1.2% · 522 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.
42,373 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households28.1% · 11,912 households
Families with dependent children27.2% · 11,535 households
Other single-family households39.6% · 16,762 households
Other household types5.1% · 2,164 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.
104,765 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot5.2% · 5,461 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little10.2% · 10,655 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6% · 88,649 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
Police: Winchester
Raised by Dr Danny Chambers MP
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers assigned to Winchester constituency between 2016 and 2026.
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 1 October 2026
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Signatures in this constituency503
Signatures nationally196,369
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 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 recorded65
Total awarded£9,980,061
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 30 June 2026
Repair of Roberts Bank
Alresford Bowling Club
£13,862
Sport England · Sport
About this award
This project will rebuild and reinforce the structure of the club viewing area, which is currently inadequate for use.
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Recreational activities for LD community
The Winchester Gateway Club
£4,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
The Winchester Gateway Club - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026
Extension 2027-28: Hampshire Cultural Trust
Hampshire Cultural Trust
£533,453
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Extension 2027-28: Hampshire Cultural Trust - Combined arts - NPO 2023-26
National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026
Extension 2027-28: The UK Association for Music Education - Music Mark
The UK Association for Music Education - Music Mark
£427,417
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Extension 2027-28: The UK Association for Music Education - Music Mark - Music - NPO 2023-26
National Lottery grantAwarded 7 May 2026
R&D: A Song on the Squall
Grant to individual
£13,984
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
R&D: A Song on the Squall - Not discipline specific - National Lottery Project Grants
60 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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