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Electoral wardE05007573

Southlands ward, Adur

Southlands is one of 14 electoral wards of Adur District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,266 residents in 1,802 households — 6,662 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency; for county elections it is in the Shoreham North division.

Residents, 20214,266council ward average 4,610
Households1,8022.37 residents per household
Density6,662/ km²about 0.64 km² · Adur 1,535
Aged 65+20.0%Adur: 23.6% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 242
5–96.6% · 282
10–157.8% · 333
16–194.4% · 187
20–245.0% · 212
25–3411.5% · 489
35–4919.9% · 850
50–6419.1% · 815
65–7410.0% · 427
75–847.0% · 299
85+3.0% · 126

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.0% · 415
1 car or van43.5% · 783
2 cars or vans25.8% · 465
3 or more7.7% · 139
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Adur overall: 72.0% owned, 12.4% social rented, 14.8% private rented.

Owned outright30.9% · 557
With mortgage29.2% · 526
Shared ownership0.8% · 15
Social rented29.7% · 536
Private rented9.2% · 166
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house7.4% · 134
Semi-detached house56.7% · 1,021
Terraced house18.3% · 330
Purpose-built flat15.4% · 278
Converted house1.7% · 30
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.