Electoral wardE05011677
Lavant ward, Chichester
Lavant is one of 21 electoral wards of Chichester District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,252 residents in 1,435 households — 89 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chichester constituency; for county elections it is in the Chichester North and Chichester West divisions.
Residents, 20213,252council ward average 5,908
Households1,4352.27 residents per household
Density89/ km²about 36.54 km² · Chichester 158
Aged 65+28.8%Chichester: 27.1% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 147
5–95.3% · 173
10–155.8% · 188
16–193.5% · 114
20–243.3% · 108
25–348.1% · 265
35–4916.4% · 533
50–6424.2% · 787
65–7415.6% · 508
75–849.7% · 317
85+3.5% · 113
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.9% · 128
1 car or van36.5% · 524
2 cars or vans35.7% · 512
3 or more18.9% · 271
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chichester overall: 65.4% owned, 15.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright45.6% · 655
With mortgage23.9% · 343
Shared ownership0.9% · 13
Social rented16.6% · 238
Private rented12.8% · 183
Lives rent free0.2% · 3
Type of home
Detached house34.7% · 499
Semi-detached house40.0% · 574
Terraced house17.8% · 255
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 52
Converted house1.0% · 15
Other conversion1.5% · 21
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011677- Council
- Chichester District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Chichester North, Chichester West
- Constituency
- Chichester
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 21
Parishes in the ward
FuntingtonLavant
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 South18.7% aged 65+ · 52.2% owned6,877CChichester West28.8% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned6,372GGoodwood25.5% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned3,483HHarbour Villages27.2% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned10,899NNorth 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
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.