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Electoral wardE05011684

Southbourne ward, Chichester

Southbourne is one of 21 electoral wards of Chichester District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,113 residents in 3,143 households — 613 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chichester constituency; for county elections it is in the Bourne division.

Residents, 20218,113council ward average 5,908
Households3,1432.58 residents per household
Density613/ km²about 13.24 km² · Chichester 158
Aged 65+23.9%Chichester: 27.1% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 413
5–95.8% · 468
10–155.5% · 450
16–193.2% · 259
20–245.8% · 468
25–3415.1% · 1,227
35–4918.0% · 1,458
50–6417.7% · 1,432
65–7411.6% · 941
75–848.0% · 652
85+4.2% · 344

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.1% · 411
1 car or van44.1% · 1,385
2 cars or vans31.6% · 993
3 or more11.3% · 354
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.9% · 1,380
With mortgage24.6% · 773
Shared ownership2.1% · 67
Social rented11.2% · 353
Private rented18.1% · 567
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house30.3% · 952
Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,139
Terraced house20.3% · 638
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 225
Converted house1.0% · 30
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile4.3% · 136
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011684
County division
Bourne
Constituency
Chichester
Region
South East
Density rank in council
7 of 21

Parishes in the ward

SouthbourneWest Thorney

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% owned10,899LLavant28.8% 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% owned5,918TThe 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.