Electoral wardE05007575
Widewater ward, Adur
Widewater is one of 14 electoral wards of Adur District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,988 residents in 2,949 households — 2,856 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancing and Shoreham South divisions.
Residents, 20215,988council ward average 4,610
Households2,9492.03 residents per household
Density2,856/ km²about 2.10 km² · Adur 1,535
Aged 65+28.9%Adur: 23.6% · under 16: 14.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 286
5–95.0% · 298
10–154.4% · 263
16–192.5% · 150
20–244.0% · 238
25–3411.0% · 660
35–4917.6% · 1,052
50–6421.8% · 1,308
65–7414.1% · 847
75–8410.6% · 635
85+4.2% · 251
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 630
1 car or van46.9% · 1,383
2 cars or vans23.5% · 694
3 or more8.1% · 240
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Adur overall: 72.0% owned, 12.4% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright45.1% · 1,330
With mortgage29.7% · 876
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented5.6% · 165
Private rented19.1% · 563
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house18.7% · 551
Semi-detached house29.3% · 864
Terraced house13.9% · 411
Purpose-built flat26.4% · 780
Converted house3.7% · 109
Other conversion0.6% · 18
Above shop / office1.6% · 46
Caravan, mobile5.9% · 173
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007575- Council
- Adur District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Lancing, Shoreham South
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Lancing
Council offices in this ward
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% owned5,235SSt Nicolas29.7% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned4,122
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.