Above average overall, with the passenger ferry doing the work the railway will not. Half of one percent of working residents commute by train, because Gosport has no station of its own. About one in thirty commutes by bus, choosing from 228 stops across the peninsula. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches about 96% of postcodes. The peninsula is well connected sideways and digitally, less so by rail.
For rail, the nearest mainline platforms sit off-peninsula. Fareham Rail Station, accessed by road or bus from the north end of the peninsula, picks up the rail share for commuters heading along the mainland line. Portsmouth Harbour Rail Station, reached by passenger ferry across the harbour mouth in five minutes, picks up the rail share for commuters heading into Portsmouth and onwards towards London. Portsmouth & Southsea Rail Station and Fratton Rail Station offer further onward connections once the ferry has done its job, and Hilsea, Cosham and Portchester Rail Station each handle parts of the inland radial picture. The half-of-one-percent train-commute share reflects geography rather than service quality: no rail on the peninsula itself, but rail within easy interchange distance for those willing to use the ferry as their first leg. Bus services pick up much of the rest. There are 228 bus stops across the peninsula and a dedicated bus-and-cycle corridor running along the former railway trackbed. About one in thirty residents commutes by bus, roughly six times the rail share, which is the practical reality that the bus is the default for anyone not driving.
Gigabit-capable broadband reaches about 96% of postcodes. Ultrafast broadband reaches the same share, and superfast broadband reaches effectively all of them. For a workforce where about one in five works from home, full or part time, that is not a small detail. It also closes one of the few infrastructure inequalities between a peninsula town and an inner-city one: the broadband package on offer is the same.
For a typical commute, the journey-time pattern is geography-led. The town centre is about ten minutes by car from the average address, around twenty minutes by public transport, about sixteen by bike, and about half an hour on foot. Primary schools sit closer, around seven minutes by any reasonable mode. Secondary schools sit further, around nine minutes by car and about seventeen by public transport. A commute into Portsmouth runs five minutes on the ferry plus the walk at either end, which beats the road option through the peninsula's single arterial route on most weekday mornings. A commute towards London depends on the train timetable rather than on local geography.
Above average overall, because the digital and short-range options are strong even with the rail gap. The peninsula commutes the way peninsulas commute: laterally, by ferry, or not at all.