Electoral wardE05009816
Orchard ward, Arun
Orchard is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,776 residents in 2,760 households — 5,241 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency; for county elections it is in the Bognor Regis East and Bersted divisions.
Residents, 20216,776council ward average 7,169
Households2,7602.46 residents per household
Density5,241/ km²about 1.29 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+17.6%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 337
5–95.8% · 396
10–156.6% · 450
16–193.9% · 261
20–246.7% · 453
25–3413.4% · 908
35–4920.1% · 1,364
50–6420.9% · 1,414
65–749.4% · 639
75–845.9% · 398
85+2.3% · 156
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.7% · 626
1 car or van42.0% · 1,159
2 cars or vans25.1% · 693
3 or more10.2% · 282
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright30.3% · 837
With mortgage28.4% · 784
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented13.6% · 375
Private rented27.3% · 754
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house12.5% · 344
Semi-detached house37.9% · 1,047
Terraced house18.8% · 518
Purpose-built flat20.6% · 570
Converted house8.3% · 230
Other conversion0.7% · 19
Above shop / office1.1% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009816- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Bognor Regis East, Bersted
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 23
Parishes in the ward
BerstedBognor Regis
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% owned7,156MMiddleton-on-Sea40.0% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned4,916PPevensey20.9% 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.