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Electoral wardE05015415

West Hill & North Laine ward, Brighton and Hove

West Hill & North Laine is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,606 residents in 5,575 households — 10,894 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Pavilion constituency.

Residents, 202110,606council ward average 12,048
Households5,5751.9 residents per household
Density10,894/ km²about 0.97 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+7.9%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 7.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.7% · 281
5–92.3% · 245
10–152.7% · 291
16–194.4% · 465
20–2418.7% · 1,979
25–3423.9% · 2,529
35–4921.9% · 2,324
50–6415.6% · 1,651
65–744.7% · 499
75–842.2% · 232
85+1.0% · 104

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van65.0% · 3,626
1 car or van29.6% · 1,652
2 cars or vans4.8% · 266
3 or more0.6% · 32
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.

Owned outright14.4% · 802
With mortgage16.0% · 893
Shared ownership2.7% · 153
Social rented14.2% · 794
Private rented52.4% · 2,924
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house0.7% · 41
Semi-detached house2.8% · 155
Terraced house23.5% · 1,307
Purpose-built flat38.0% · 2,120
Converted house26.9% · 1,497
Other conversion3.1% · 173
Above shop / office4.8% · 267
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 13
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015415
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion
Region
South East
Density rank in council
5 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% owned14,505PPreston Park12.5% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned17,403RRegency9.8% aged 65+ · 31.3% owned9,953RRound Hill7.9% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned8,655WWestdene & Hove Park19.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned15,889

All 23 wards of Brighton and Hove

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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.