Electoral wardE05011815
Colgate & Rusper ward, Horsham
Colgate & Rusper is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,998 residents in 2,430 households — 112 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Horsham constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Leonard's Forest and Holbrook divisions.
Residents, 20215,998council ward average 6,672
Households2,4302.47 residents per household
Density112/ km²about 53.75 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+15.4%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 425
5–96.0% · 358
10–156.6% · 398
16–192.9% · 174
20–245.1% · 305
25–3419.8% · 1,189
35–4920.4% · 1,222
50–6416.7% · 1,003
65–748.1% · 485
75–845.7% · 339
85+1.7% · 100
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.8% · 142
1 car or van37.5% · 912
2 cars or vans40.3% · 979
3 or more16.3% · 397
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright26.7% · 648
With mortgage38.4% · 933
Shared ownership5.3% · 129
Social rented6.7% · 162
Private rented22.9% · 557
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.5% · 789
Semi-detached house24.1% · 586
Terraced house15.7% · 382
Purpose-built flat23.6% · 574
Converted house1.6% · 38
Other conversion1.4% · 33
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 23
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011815- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- St. Leonard's Forest, Holbrook
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 22
Parishes in the ward
ColgateNorth HorshamRusper
Other wards in the same constituency
BBillingshurst18.4% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned10,632BBroadbridge Heath11.2% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned6,355CCowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead24.8% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned5,454DDenne20.0% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned10,389FForest19.4% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned8,923HHolbrook East17.5% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,919HHolbrook West21.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned6,336IItchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham23.5% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,760NNuthurst & Lower Beeding26.1% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned3,064RRoffey North24.9% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned6,197RRoffey South18.3% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned6,537RRudgwick25.0% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned2,968SSouthwater North14.0% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned6,549SSouthwater South & Shipley18.9% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned6,625
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.