Gosport population, 2001–2024
Gosport has an estimated population of 82,921 (mid-2024), up 8.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Gosport local authority area.
82,921
population, mid-2024
+8.1%
since 2001
-0.8%
last 10 years
2016
peak year (84,476)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 82,921 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 82,742 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 82,390 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 82,169 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 82,588 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 83,022 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 83,700 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 84,246 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 84,476 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 83,834 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 83,569 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 83,015 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 83,063 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 82,669 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 82,307 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 81,961 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 81,730 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 80,627 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 79,579 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 78,646 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 78,099 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 77,585 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 76,831 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 76,676 | — |
Food businesses
Gosport has 62 takeaways, 110 restaurants and cafés and 55 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.56 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Gosport local authority area (code E07000088), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.