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Pound Hill North & Forge Wood ward, Crawley

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,479 residents in 3,634 households — 1,409 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Pound Hill division.

Residents, 20219,479council ward average 9,115
Households3,6342.61 residents per household
Density1,409/ km²about 6.73 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+12.9%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 23.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.9% · 753
5–97.9% · 752
10–157.4% · 704
16–193.8% · 356
20–244.3% · 405
25–3417.6% · 1,664
35–4922.8% · 2,157
50–6415.5% · 1,465
65–747.0% · 662
75–844.0% · 381
85+1.9% · 181

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 455
1 car or van40.9% · 1,487
2 cars or vans36.0% · 1,308
3 or more10.6% · 384
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.9% · 1,013
With mortgage46.6% · 1,695
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented11.4% · 413
Private rented13.6% · 493
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house31.8% · 1,156
Semi-detached house31.8% · 1,155
Terraced house17.2% · 624
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 661
Converted house0.4% · 16
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.