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Electoral wardE05015409
Preston Park ward, Brighton and Hove
Preston Park is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 17,403 residents in 7,798 households — 5,852 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Pavilion constituency.
Residents, 202117,403council ward average 12,048
Households7,7982.23 residents per household
Density5,852/ km²about 2.97 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+12.5%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 714
5–94.6% · 799
10–156.9% · 1,197
16–194.3% · 751
20–248.4% · 1,462
25–3416.5% · 2,872
35–4923.6% · 4,104
50–6419.1% · 3,319
65–747.3% · 1,273
75–843.6% · 634
85+1.6% · 274
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.5% · 2,614
1 car or van47.7% · 3,723
2 cars or vans15.6% · 1,217
3 or more3.2% · 246
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright26.6% · 2,073
With mortgage31.0% · 2,415
Shared ownership1.0% · 79
Social rented5.4% · 419
Private rented36.1% · 2,813
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house12.3% · 961
Semi-detached house7.4% · 578
Terraced house21.5% · 1,676
Purpose-built flat29.2% · 2,281
Converted house27.4% · 2,136
Other conversion1.3% · 99
Above shop / office0.9% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015409- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
CColdean & Stanmer7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned10,114HHanover & Elm Grove7.3% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned16,015HHollingdean & Fiveways11.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned14,658MMoulsecoomb & Bevendean10.4% aged 65+ · 36.0% owned14,894PPatcham & Hollingbury19.7% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned14,505RRegency9.8% aged 65+ · 31.3% owned9,953RRound Hill7.9% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned8,655WWest Hill & North Laine7.9% aged 65+ · 30.4% owned10,606WWestdene & Hove Park19.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned15,889
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.