Electoral wardE05009821
Rustington West ward, Arun
Rustington West is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,342 residents in 3,955 households — 4,355 people per km², the 7th 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 East and Rustington divisions.
Residents, 20218,342council ward average 7,169
Households3,9552.11 residents per household
Density4,355/ km²about 1.92 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+37.0%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 13.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 324
5–94.3% · 356
10–155.1% · 424
16–193.4% · 286
20–243.5% · 288
25–348.5% · 712
35–4914.1% · 1,173
50–6420.3% · 1,696
65–7416.7% · 1,394
75–8414.1% · 1,178
85+6.1% · 512
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.7% · 659
1 car or van47.5% · 1,879
2 cars or vans26.6% · 1,053
3 or more9.2% · 364
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright55.0% · 2,177
With mortgage25.6% · 1,013
Shared ownership0.6% · 25
Social rented3.3% · 131
Private rented15.4% · 610
Type of home
Detached house29.1% · 1,152
Semi-detached house20.9% · 826
Terraced house25.0% · 988
Purpose-built flat21.3% · 842
Converted house1.4% · 54
Other conversion0.4% · 15
Above shop / office1.3% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009821- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Littlehampton East, Rustington
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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 East43.2% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,364
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.