Electoral wardE05012915
Broadfield ward, Crawley
Broadfield is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,448 residents in 4,118 households — 4,634 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Broadfield division.
Residents, 202110,448council ward average 9,115
Households4,1182.54 residents per household
Density4,634/ km²about 2.25 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+10.3%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 691
5–96.7% · 698
10–158.0% · 841
16–194.6% · 485
20–246.6% · 685
25–3416.4% · 1,718
35–4922.0% · 2,297
50–6418.7% · 1,957
65–747.3% · 758
75–842.5% · 258
85+0.6% · 61
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.3% · 999
1 car or van43.5% · 1,792
2 cars or vans23.6% · 971
3 or more8.6% · 356
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Crawley overall: 55.8% owned, 22.9% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright14.3% · 587
With mortgage27.5% · 1,134
Shared ownership1.1% · 47
Social rented37.7% · 1,553
Private rented19.1% · 788
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house6.6% · 271
Semi-detached house17.8% · 735
Terraced house47.7% · 1,966
Purpose-built flat24.7% · 1,017
Converted house1.1% · 46
Other conversion1.0% · 43
Above shop / office0.9% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012915- Council
- Crawley Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Broadfield
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
BBewbush & North Broadfield8.5% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned11,239FFurnace Green22.8% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned6,003GGossops Green & North East Broadfield17.6% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned6,561IIfield15.3% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned10,579LLangley Green & Tushmore11.6% aged 65+ · 49.2% owned9,106MMaidenbower9.6% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned9,349NNorthgate & West Green12.7% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned11,575PPound Hill North & Forge Wood12.9% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned9,479PPound Hill South & Worth16.6% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned8,387SSouthgate14.9% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned9,604TThree Bridges11.9% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned9,649TTilgate14.8% aged 65+ · 58.6% owned6,512
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.