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Ifield ward, Crawley

Ifield is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,579 residents in 4,039 households — 4,607 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Bewbush & Ifield West and Langley Green & Ifield East divisions.

Residents, 202110,579council ward average 9,115
Households4,0392.62 residents per household
Density4,607/ km²about 2.30 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+15.3%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 22.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 743
5–97.1% · 748
10–158.0% · 848
16–194.1% · 429
20–244.8% · 508
25–3415.6% · 1,648
35–4921.2% · 2,240
50–6417.0% · 1,798
65–747.8% · 829
75–844.4% · 466
85+3.0% · 322

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.2% · 734
1 car or van41.7% · 1,683
2 cars or vans31.7% · 1,279
3 or more8.5% · 343
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Crawley overall: 55.8% owned, 22.9% social rented, 19.8% private rented.

Owned outright24.8% · 1,002
With mortgage34.6% · 1,399
Shared ownership2.1% · 85
Social rented24.8% · 1,002
Private rented13.2% · 535
Lives rent free0.4% · 15

Type of home

Detached house11.7% · 474
Semi-detached house18.5% · 746
Terraced house49.6% · 2,002
Purpose-built flat18.6% · 749
Converted house1.0% · 39
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 17
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.