Housing in PO16 8PS
What the homes in PO16 8PS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Fareham Town & Cams Hill
- Council
- Fareham
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,334 (2024)
PO16 8PSFareham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (29.9%). Flats make up 20.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
73% of households in the PO16 8PS area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 19.1% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 37.3% own outright and 35.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned73%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented19.1%20.5%
- Social rented6.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 33.6% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (21.4%). 24.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Fareham
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Fareham (August 2026, +0.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around PO16 8PS (Fareham Town & Cams Hill) (about 1,334 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.