Electoral wardE05009815
Middleton-on-Sea ward, Arun
Middleton-on-Sea is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,916 residents in 2,430 households — 1,374 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency; for county elections it is in the Middleton division.
Residents, 20214,916council ward average 7,169
Households2,4302.02 residents per household
Density1,374/ km²about 3.58 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+40.0%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 10.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.8% · 139
5–93.1% · 152
10–154.8% · 234
16–193.1% · 151
20–243.3% · 164
25–347.3% · 361
35–4912.6% · 620
50–6423.0% · 1,131
65–7419.7% · 968
75–8413.9% · 685
85+6.3% · 311
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.6% · 355
1 car or van42.7% · 1,036
2 cars or vans30.6% · 743
3 or more12.1% · 295
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright56.9% · 1,382
With mortgage23.4% · 568
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented5.3% · 130
Private rented13.9% · 338
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house53.2% · 1,292
Semi-detached house15.7% · 381
Terraced house10.4% · 252
Purpose-built flat17.7% · 429
Converted house1.2% · 28
Other conversion0.6% · 14
Above shop / office1.1% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009815- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Middleton
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Middleton-on-Sea
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAldwick East45.0% aged 65+ · 86.8% owned5,172AAldwick West35.8% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned6,279BBeach33.8% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned4,703BBrookfield19.1% 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% owned7,156OOrchard17.6% 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.