Electoral wardE05009804
Barnham ward, Arun
Barnham is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,211 residents in 3,808 households — 580 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Arundel and South Downs constituency; for county elections it is in the Fontwell division.
Residents, 20219,211council ward average 7,169
Households3,8082.42 residents per household
Density580/ km²about 15.88 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+23.8%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 472
5–95.4% · 493
10–156.6% · 609
16–194.4% · 407
20–244.5% · 411
25–3410.8% · 991
35–4917.6% · 1,623
50–6421.9% · 2,015
65–7413.0% · 1,199
75–847.7% · 708
85+3.1% · 282
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 359
1 car or van38.1% · 1,452
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,400
3 or more15.7% · 597
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright41.8% · 1,594
With mortgage36.0% · 1,373
Shared ownership1.4% · 52
Social rented8.0% · 303
Private rented12.6% · 480
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house39.9% · 1,518
Semi-detached house28.3% · 1,077
Terraced house19.5% · 741
Purpose-built flat8.3% · 315
Converted house0.9% · 36
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 98
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009804- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Fontwell
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 23
Parishes in the ward
AldingbourneBarnham and Eastergate
Other wards in the same constituency
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.