Electoral wardE05015419
Wish ward, Brighton and Hove
Wish is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,920 residents in 4,192 households — 6,691 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hove and Portslade constituency.
Residents, 20219,920council ward average 12,048
Households4,1922.37 residents per household
Density6,691/ km²about 1.48 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+16.6%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 489
5–96.2% · 612
10–158.8% · 877
16–194.1% · 411
20–244.3% · 432
25–3410.4% · 1,033
35–4922.4% · 2,221
50–6422.3% · 2,210
65–748.5% · 840
75–845.3% · 526
85+2.8% · 281
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.2% · 1,143
1 car or van47.3% · 1,983
2 cars or vans21.6% · 906
3 or more3.9% · 163
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.
Owned outright29.9% · 1,252
With mortgage32.7% · 1,371
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented12.2% · 511
Private rented25.0% · 1,049
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house10.7% · 450
Semi-detached house32.6% · 1,365
Terraced house7.4% · 312
Purpose-built flat28.3% · 1,188
Converted house18.8% · 788
Other conversion0.8% · 34
Above shop / office1.2% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015419- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 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% owned9,897WWestbourne & Poets' Corner14.5% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned10,194WWestdene & 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.