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Northgate & West Green ward, Crawley

Northgate & West Green is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,575 residents in 4,661 households — 5,448 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Northgate & West Green division.

Residents, 202111,575council ward average 9,115
Households4,6612.48 residents per household
Density5,448/ km²about 2.12 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+12.7%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 754
5–96.6% · 764
10–157.1% · 821
16–193.8% · 444
20–245.9% · 683
25–3417.7% · 2,047
35–4923.4% · 2,709
50–6416.3% · 1,888
65–747.0% · 815
75–843.5% · 402
85+2.1% · 248

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.7% · 1,384
1 car or van41.8% · 1,946
2 cars or vans21.4% · 996
3 or more7.2% · 335
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.1% · 842
With mortgage24.6% · 1,146
Shared ownership1.8% · 83
Social rented30.0% · 1,397
Private rented25.1% · 1,172
Lives rent free0.5% · 22

Type of home

Detached house6.4% · 298
Semi-detached house24.8% · 1,156
Terraced house29.7% · 1,385
Purpose-built flat36.6% · 1,705
Converted house1.4% · 67
Other conversion0.3% · 15
Above shop / office0.8% · 35
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.