Electoral wardE05009809
East Preston ward, Arun
East Preston is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,775 residents in 3,674 households — 1,818 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the East Preston & Ferring and Angmering & Findon divisions.
Residents, 20217,775council ward average 7,169
Households3,6742.12 residents per household
Density1,818/ km²about 4.28 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+42.2%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 10.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.9% · 223
5–93.3% · 254
10–154.5% · 347
16–193.0% · 235
20–243.3% · 257
25–346.6% · 514
35–4912.2% · 951
50–6422.0% · 1,715
65–7419.3% · 1,502
75–8415.1% · 1,177
85+7.8% · 603
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.9% · 584
1 car or van42.2% · 1,551
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,088
3 or more12.3% · 451
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright57.4% · 2,110
With mortgage23.9% · 880
Shared ownership0.6% · 22
Social rented9.0% · 330
Private rented9.0% · 330
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house46.0% · 1,691
Semi-detached house24.3% · 892
Terraced house13.3% · 488
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 508
Converted house1.4% · 51
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office0.7% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009809- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- East Preston & Ferring, Angmering & Findon
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 23
Parishes in the ward
AngmeringEast PrestonKingstonRustington
Council offices in this ward
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.