Electoral wardE05012916
Furnace Green ward, Crawley
Furnace Green is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,003 residents in 2,361 households — 2,429 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Tilgate & Furnace Green division.
Residents, 20216,003council ward average 9,115
Households2,3612.54 residents per household
Density2,429/ km²about 2.47 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+22.8%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 333
5–95.5% · 330
10–156.8% · 411
16–194.4% · 266
20–244.5% · 272
25–3411.5% · 689
35–4919.3% · 1,158
50–6419.6% · 1,174
65–7411.6% · 696
75–847.2% · 432
85+4.0% · 241
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.3% · 456
1 car or van39.2% · 926
2 cars or vans29.4% · 695
3 or more12.0% · 284
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Crawley overall: 55.8% owned, 22.9% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright38.0% · 897
With mortgage29.1% · 687
Shared ownership0.9% · 21
Social rented19.6% · 462
Private rented12.1% · 286
Lives rent free0.4% · 9
Type of home
Detached house6.1% · 145
Semi-detached house39.7% · 938
Terraced house36.7% · 865
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 395
Converted house0.6% · 15
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012916- Council
- Crawley Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Tilgate & Furnace Green
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
BBewbush & North Broadfield8.5% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned11,239BBroadfield10.3% aged 65+ · 41.8% owned10,448GGossops 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.