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Electoral wardE05011669

Chichester South ward, Chichester

Chichester South is one of 21 electoral wards of Chichester District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,877 residents in 3,073 households — 3,795 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chichester constituency; for county elections it is in the Chichester East and Chichester South divisions.

Residents, 20216,877council ward average 5,908
Households3,0732.24 residents per household
Density3,795/ km²about 1.81 km² · Chichester 158
Aged 65+18.7%Chichester: 27.1% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 334
5–95.3% · 363
10–155.8% · 398
16–195.2% · 357
20–248.1% · 557
25–3413.4% · 925
35–4918.3% · 1,262
50–6420.3% · 1,393
65–749.7% · 667
75–846.7% · 459
85+2.4% · 163

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.0% · 707
1 car or van47.4% · 1,456
2 cars or vans23.2% · 713
3 or more6.4% · 197
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Chichester overall: 65.4% owned, 15.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.

Owned outright31.1% · 955
With mortgage21.1% · 649
Shared ownership1.5% · 46
Social rented23.7% · 730
Private rented22.5% · 692
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house12.6% · 387
Semi-detached house31.9% · 980
Terraced house31.3% · 961
Purpose-built flat20.7% · 635
Converted house2.7% · 84
Other conversion0.4% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011669
County division
Chichester East, Chichester South
Constituency
Chichester
Region
South East
Density rank in council
2 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Chichester

Other wards in the same constituency

CChichester Central28.9% aged 65+ · 45.5% owned2,931CChichester East17.6% aged 65+ · 37.7% owned6,572CChichester North27.1% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned6,655CChichester West28.8% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned6,372GGoodwood25.5% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned3,483HHarbour Villages27.2% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned10,899LLavant28.8% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned3,252NNorth Mundham & Tangmere19.0% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned8,130SSelsey South37.6% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned6,309SSidlesham with Selsey North34.4% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned5,918SSouthbourne23.9% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned8,113TThe Witterings33.6% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned10,324WWestbourne26.3% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned3,463

All 21 wards of Chichester

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.