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Electoral wardE05011685

The Witterings ward, Chichester

The Witterings is one of 21 electoral wards of Chichester District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,324 residents in 4,701 households — 364 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chichester constituency; for county elections it is in the The Witterings division.

Residents, 202110,324council ward average 5,908
Households4,7012.2 residents per household
Density364/ km²about 28.40 km² · Chichester 158
Aged 65+33.6%Chichester: 27.1% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 405
5–94.9% · 501
10–155.9% · 611
16–192.9% · 302
20–243.8% · 392
25–348.2% · 842
35–4914.2% · 1,461
50–6422.7% · 2,344
65–7415.8% · 1,627
75–8412.5% · 1,290
85+5.3% · 549

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.3% · 579
1 car or van39.9% · 1,878
2 cars or vans32.1% · 1,511
3 or more15.6% · 733
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright50.4% · 2,371
With mortgage22.0% · 1,035
Shared ownership1.3% · 61
Social rented10.1% · 477
Private rented16.1% · 757

Type of home

Detached house52.8% · 2,481
Semi-detached house23.7% · 1,112
Terraced house10.9% · 510
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 450
Converted house0.7% · 34
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.9% · 43
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 55
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011685
County division
The Witterings
Constituency
Chichester
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 of 21

Parishes in the ward

BirdhamEarnleyEast WitteringWest ItchenorWest Wittering

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% owned5,918SSouthbourne23.9% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned8,113WWestbourne26.3% 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.