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Electoral wardE05011686

Westbourne ward, Chichester

Westbourne is one of 21 electoral wards of Chichester District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,463 residents in 1,528 households — 57 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chichester constituency; for county elections it is in the Bourne division.

Residents, 20213,463council ward average 5,908
Households1,5282.27 residents per household
Density57/ km²about 60.54 km² · Chichester 158
Aged 65+26.3%Chichester: 27.1% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 161
5–95.3% · 183
10–156.4% · 222
16–193.6% · 125
20–243.8% · 133
25–348.6% · 299
35–4916.1% · 557
50–6425.2% · 871
65–7414.0% · 486
75–848.7% · 300
85+3.6% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 128
1 car or van37.2% · 569
2 cars or vans36.2% · 553
3 or more18.2% · 278
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.1% · 659
With mortgage24.8% · 379
Shared ownership1.0% · 15
Social rented12.4% · 189
Private rented18.6% · 284
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house36.1% · 552
Semi-detached house37.3% · 570
Terraced house19.0% · 290
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 67
Converted house0.3% · 5
Other conversion0.7% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 13
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 20
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.