Electoral wardE05007572
St Nicolas ward, Adur
St Nicolas is one of 14 electoral wards of Adur District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,122 residents in 1,819 households — 4,707 people per km², the 13th 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 and Shoreham South divisions.
Residents, 20214,122council ward average 4,610
Households1,8192.27 residents per household
Density4,707/ km²about 0.88 km² · Adur 1,535
Aged 65+29.7%Adur: 23.6% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 163
5–96.4% · 264
10–156.5% · 267
16–193.2% · 132
20–242.8% · 115
25–347.7% · 318
35–4919.4% · 801
50–6420.3% · 838
65–7415.1% · 621
75–8410.0% · 414
85+4.6% · 189
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 335
1 car or van45.4% · 827
2 cars or vans27.4% · 498
3 or more8.8% · 160
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Adur overall: 72.0% owned, 12.4% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright50.8% · 924
With mortgage31.5% · 573
Shared ownership0.7% · 13
Social rented5.2% · 94
Private rented11.8% · 214
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house20.9% · 380
Semi-detached house31.1% · 565
Terraced house27.0% · 492
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 300
Converted house3.0% · 55
Other conversion0.8% · 14
Above shop / office0.5% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007572- Council
- Adur District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Shoreham North, Shoreham South
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuckingham25.5% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned4,024CChurchill28.4% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned4,447CCokeham24.0% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned4,491EEastbrook16.9% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned4,845HHillside22.1% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned4,480MManor23.0% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned4,505MMarine21.7% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned4,662MMash Barn20.7% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned4,465PPeverel25.5% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned4,396SSouthlands20.0% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned4,266SSouthwick Green22.1% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned4,618SSt Mary's21.7% aged 65+ · 58.6% owned5,235WWidewater28.9% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned5,988
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.