Electoral wardE05011681

Petworth ward, Chichester

Petworth is one of 21 electoral wards of Chichester District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,549 residents in 1,621 households — 86 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Arundel and South Downs constituency; for county elections it is in the Petworth division.

Residents, 20213,549council ward average 5,908

Households1,6212.19 residents per household

Density86/ km²about 41.03 km² · Chichester 158

Aged 65+31.4%Chichester: 27.1% · under 16: 15.9%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 145

5–95.3% · 189

10–156.5% · 230

16–192.8% · 100

20–243.7% · 132

25–349.0% · 321

35–4916.4% · 582

50–6420.8% · 737

65–7414.7% · 521

75–8411.4% · 404

85+5.3% · 188

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.7% · 189

1 car or van42.8% · 693

2 cars or vans31.3% · 507

3 or more14.3% · 232

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.5% · 574

With mortgage18.5% · 300

Shared ownership0.6% · 10

Social rented21.6% · 349

Private rented23.8% · 386

Type of home

Detached house26.1% · 424

Semi-detached house34.9% · 566

Terraced house20.5% · 333

Purpose-built flat14.0% · 228

Converted house1.2% · 20

Other conversion1.7% · 27

Above shop / office1.5% · 25

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05011681
Council: Chichester District Council
County council: West Sussex County Council
County division: Petworth
Constituency: Arundel and South Downs
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 15 of 21

Parishes in the ward

PetworthTillington

Council offices in this ward

TPetworth Town CouncilTown council · GU28 0AU

Other wards in the same constituency

EEasebourne29.9% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned2,944 FFernhurst23.7% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned6,792 FFittleworth30.4% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned3,358 GGoodwood25.5% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned3,483 HHarting27.4% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned3,625 LLoxwood25.4% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned7,173 MMidhurst29.9% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned7,329

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.