[1][3] Major ethnic groups who lived in the town are the Akan, Ga, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem.

Majors economic sectors in the town are petroleum, agriculture, fishing, trade, commerce, and industry.

[2]: 1 Saltpond has a relatively dry tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with two rainy seasons: a heavier one from March to July and a secondary wetter period in October and November.

Despite the modest rainfall, humidity is high, notably in the shorter dry season centred upon August and September when the cold Benguela Current extends into the Northern Hemisphere.

It was established in 1920 by Sir Gordon Guggisberg with the purpose of serving officers from the Ghana Navy until it was renovated and transferred to the government in 1951.