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Electoral wardE05015417

Westdene & Hove Park ward, Brighton and Hove

Westdene & Hove Park is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,889 residents in 6,261 households — 1,644 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Pavilion and Hove and Portslade constituencies.

Residents, 202115,889council ward average 12,048
Households6,2612.54 residents per household
Density1,644/ km²about 9.66 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+19.4%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 698
5–96.5% · 1,025
10–158.8% · 1,406
16–194.4% · 703
20–244.1% · 648
25–348.8% · 1,405
35–4920.7% · 3,295
50–6422.8% · 3,623
65–749.8% · 1,562
75–846.4% · 1,013
85+3.2% · 511

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.2% · 829
1 car or van44.2% · 2,767
2 cars or vans31.9% · 1,997
3 or more10.7% · 667
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.0% · 2,506
With mortgage39.2% · 2,453
Shared ownership0.9% · 55
Social rented3.1% · 195
Private rented16.8% · 1,052
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house40.3% · 2,523
Semi-detached house32.2% · 2,014
Terraced house5.5% · 345
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 1,141
Converted house3.0% · 190
Other conversion0.1% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015417
Region
South East
Density rank in council
21 of 23

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrunswick & Adelaide9.1% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned9,916CCentral Hove12.8% aged 65+ · 39.0% owned11,110CColdean & Stanmer7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned10,114GGoldsmid15.3% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned14,066HHangleton & Knoll17.4% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned15,228HHanover & Elm Grove7.3% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned16,015HHollingdean & Fiveways11.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned14,658MMoulsecoomb & Bevendean10.4% aged 65+ · 36.0% owned14,894NNorth Portslade16.3% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned10,127PPatcham & 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% owned8,655SSouth Portslade15.1% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned9,897

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