Electoral wardE05009822
Yapton ward, Arun
Yapton is one of 23 electoral wards of Arun District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,911 residents in 2,723 households — 416 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency; for county elections it is in the Middleton division.
Residents, 20216,911council ward average 7,169
Households2,7232.54 residents per household
Density416/ km²about 16.59 km² · Arun 746
Aged 65+23.5%Arun: 28.4% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 350
5–95.9% · 408
10–155.9% · 406
16–193.8% · 261
20–244.3% · 295
25–3412.9% · 890
35–4917.6% · 1,216
50–6421.2% · 1,463
65–7413.4% · 923
75–847.6% · 522
85+2.6% · 179
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.3% · 280
1 car or van42.1% · 1,146
2 cars or vans34.5% · 938
3 or more13.1% · 357
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Arun overall: 71.2% owned, 9.3% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright43.0% · 1,171
With mortgage32.2% · 877
Shared ownership2.1% · 58
Social rented12.2% · 333
Private rented10.3% · 279
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house28.7% · 781
Semi-detached house32.9% · 896
Terraced house24.5% · 666
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 160
Converted house0.7% · 20
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile6.8% · 186
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009822- Council
- Arun District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Middleton
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 23
Parishes in the ward
ClimpingFordYapton
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.