Electoral wardE05012926
Tilgate ward, Crawley
Tilgate is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,512 residents in 2,437 households — 2,302 people per km², the 12th 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, 20216,512council ward average 9,115
Households2,4372.67 residents per household
Density2,302/ km²about 2.83 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+14.8%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 369
5–97.1% · 461
10–159.3% · 604
16–195.1% · 333
20–245.1% · 331
25–3413.6% · 884
35–4921.2% · 1,383
50–6418.1% · 1,179
65–747.2% · 469
75–844.7% · 308
85+2.9% · 189
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.7% · 528
1 car or van40.9% · 996
2 cars or vans27.2% · 662
3 or more10.3% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Crawley overall: 55.8% owned, 22.9% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright26.7% · 650
With mortgage31.9% · 777
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented28.3% · 690
Private rented12.1% · 296
Lives rent free0.5% · 11
Type of home
Detached house2.2% · 53
Semi-detached house18.9% · 460
Terraced house61.3% · 1,493
Purpose-built flat16.3% · 397
Converted house0.6% · 14
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012926- Council
- Crawley Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Tilgate & Furnace Green
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
BBewbush & North Broadfield8.5% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned11,239BBroadfield10.3% aged 65+ · 41.8% owned10,448FFurnace Green22.8% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned6,003GGossops 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% owned9,649
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.