Electoral wardE05009805
Beach ward, Arun
Beach is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,703 residents in 2,185 households — 4,218 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency; for county elections it is in the Littlehampton East division.
Residents, 20214,703council ward average 7,169
Households2,1852.15 residents per household
Density4,218/ km²about 1.11 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+33.8%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 12.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 163
5–93.6% · 171
10–154.9% · 231
16–193.4% · 161
20–245.0% · 233
25–349.2% · 433
35–4915.2% · 716
50–6421.4% · 1,005
65–7417.3% · 812
75–8411.4% · 534
85+5.1% · 242
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.5% · 383
1 car or van47.8% · 1,045
2 cars or vans25.8% · 564
3 or more8.8% · 193
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright50.8% · 1,111
With mortgage22.0% · 481
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented5.3% · 115
Private rented21.4% · 468
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house25.4% · 555
Semi-detached house30.0% · 655
Terraced house16.9% · 370
Purpose-built flat15.5% · 339
Converted house11.2% · 244
Other conversion0.7% · 16
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009805- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Littlehampton East
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Littlehampton
Other wards in the same constituency
AAldwick East45.0% aged 65+ · 86.8% owned5,172AAldwick West35.8% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned6,279BBrookfield19.1% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned6,329CCourtwick with Toddington14.5% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned11,787FFelpham East29.1% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned6,036FFelpham West29.8% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned6,259HHotham22.5% aged 65+ · 48.6% owned6,111MMarine21.0% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned7,156MMiddleton-on-Sea40.0% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned4,916OOrchard17.6% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned6,776PPevensey20.9% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned5,572RRiver23.1% aged 65+ · 52.3% owned9,475RRustington East43.2% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,364RRustington West37.0% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned8,342
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.