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Pevensey ward, Arun

Pevensey is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,572 residents in 2,201 households — 5,224 people per km², the 18th 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, 20215,572council ward average 7,169
Households2,2012.53 residents per household
Density5,224/ km²about 1.07 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+20.9%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 305
5–95.7% · 315
10–157.7% · 427
16–194.3% · 239
20–245.3% · 298
25–3412.9% · 717
35–4918.8% · 1,048
50–6419.0% · 1,057
65–749.7% · 540
75–847.2% · 401
85+4.0% · 225

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.9% · 547
1 car or van39.9% · 877
2 cars or vans25.2% · 554
3 or more10.1% · 221
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.

Owned outright26.2% · 576
With mortgage27.4% · 602
Shared ownership1.5% · 33
Social rented26.6% · 585
Private rented18.1% · 399
Lives rent free0.3% · 6

Type of home

Detached house18.2% · 400
Semi-detached house29.6% · 653
Terraced house19.2% · 422
Purpose-built flat28.5% · 628
Converted house3.9% · 86
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
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.