Electoral wardE05009820
Rustington East ward, Arun
Rustington East is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,364 residents in 2,700 households — 3,484 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency; for county elections it is in the Rustington division.
Residents, 20215,364council ward average 7,169
Households2,7001.99 residents per household
Density3,484/ km²about 1.54 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+43.2%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 11.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 164
5–93.4% · 182
10–154.5% · 242
16–192.5% · 136
20–243.4% · 183
25–348.2% · 439
35–4912.3% · 658
50–6419.4% · 1,040
65–7419.7% · 1,056
75–8416.1% · 863
85+7.4% · 399
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.8% · 535
1 car or van46.7% · 1,262
2 cars or vans25.7% · 695
3 or more7.8% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright55.4% · 1,498
With mortgage18.9% · 512
Shared ownership1.0% · 27
Social rented11.5% · 312
Private rented13.0% · 352
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house40.7% · 1,100
Semi-detached house14.7% · 398
Terraced house21.6% · 585
Purpose-built flat21.3% · 575
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009820- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Rustington
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Rustington
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% owned5,572RRiver23.1% aged 65+ · 52.3% owned9,475RRustington 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.