Electoral wardE05009819
River ward, Arun
River is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,475 residents in 4,439 households — 3,610 people per km², the 4th 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 Town division.
Residents, 20219,475council ward average 7,169
Households4,4392.13 residents per household
Density3,610/ km²about 2.62 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+23.1%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 495
5–95.2% · 488
10–155.8% · 545
16–193.3% · 309
20–244.9% · 464
25–3413.8% · 1,303
35–4917.6% · 1,666
50–6421.2% · 2,012
65–7411.3% · 1,075
75–848.1% · 767
85+3.7% · 351
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.9% · 1,285
1 car or van45.7% · 2,030
2 cars or vans19.4% · 860
3 or more5.9% · 264
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright31.8% · 1,412
With mortgage20.5% · 909
Shared ownership0.9% · 41
Social rented10.7% · 476
Private rented36.0% · 1,596
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house9.5% · 423
Semi-detached house16.5% · 733
Terraced house25.5% · 1,134
Purpose-built flat30.8% · 1,366
Converted house11.8% · 523
Other conversion1.7% · 77
Above shop / office2.2% · 99
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 87
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009819- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Littlehampton Town
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Littlehampton
Council offices in this ward
CArun District CouncilCouncil office · BN17 5LFCArun Business PartnershipCouncil office · BN17 5LFTLittlehampton Town CouncilTown council · BN17 5EW
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% owned4,916OOrchard17.6% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned6,776PPevensey20.9% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned5,572RRustington 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.