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Electoral wardE05015416

Westbourne & Poets' Corner ward, Brighton and Hove

Westbourne & Poets' Corner is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,194 residents in 4,606 households — 10,629 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hove and Portslade constituency.

Residents, 202110,194council ward average 12,048
Households4,6062.21 residents per household
Density10,629/ km²about 0.96 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+14.5%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 544
5–95.7% · 577
10–156.3% · 639
16–193.7% · 374
20–244.6% · 470
25–3413.8% · 1,404
35–4926.4% · 2,696
50–6419.7% · 2,014
65–747.2% · 737
75–844.4% · 450
85+2.9% · 293

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.4% · 1,537
1 car or van51.0% · 2,349
2 cars or vans13.3% · 612
3 or more2.3% · 107
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.0% · 1,150
With mortgage32.0% · 1,473
Shared ownership1.2% · 53
Social rented7.9% · 364
Private rented33.9% · 1,564
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house4.7% · 217
Semi-detached house8.8% · 405
Terraced house31.5% · 1,451
Purpose-built flat23.1% · 1,064
Converted house28.1% · 1,295
Other conversion1.8% · 84
Above shop / office2.0% · 90
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015416
Constituency
Hove and Portslade
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrunswick & Adelaide9.1% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned9,916CCentral Hove12.8% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned11,110GGoldsmid15.3% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned14,066HHangleton & Knoll17.4% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned15,228NNorth Portslade16.3% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned10,127SSouth Portslade15.1% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned9,897WWestdene & Hove Park19.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned15,889WWish16.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,920

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.