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Maidenbower ward, Crawley

Maidenbower is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,349 residents in 3,654 households — 5,140 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Maidenbower & Worth division.

Residents, 20219,349council ward average 9,115
Households3,6542.56 residents per household
Density5,140/ km²about 1.82 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+9.6%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 542
5–96.8% · 639
10–158.4% · 783
16–194.8% · 448
20–245.6% · 522
25–3413.6% · 1,274
35–4924.6% · 2,301
50–6420.8% · 1,940
65–746.3% · 589
75–842.6% · 243
85+0.7% · 68

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.9% · 327
1 car or van42.2% · 1,543
2 cars or vans36.7% · 1,340
3 or more12.2% · 444
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.4% · 892
With mortgage43.8% · 1,601
Shared ownership0.9% · 32
Social rented7.1% · 259
Private rented23.8% · 869
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.2% · 1,286
Semi-detached house23.3% · 852
Terraced house25.4% · 929
Purpose-built flat15.4% · 562
Converted house0.4% · 16
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.0% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.