Electoral wardE05011816
Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead ward, Horsham
Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,454 residents in 2,258 households — 103 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Horsham constituency; for county elections it is in the Henfield division.
Residents, 20215,454council ward average 6,672
Households2,2582.42 residents per household
Density103/ km²about 52.80 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+24.8%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 204
5–94.6% · 252
10–156.8% · 369
16–193.9% · 215
20–244.2% · 231
25–349.1% · 499
35–4916.5% · 899
50–6426.3% · 1,433
65–7413.8% · 753
75–847.9% · 430
85+3.1% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.2% · 117
1 car or van31.8% · 718
2 cars or vans39.8% · 898
3 or more23.3% · 526
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.4% · 1,002
With mortgage34.9% · 788
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented6.9% · 156
Private rented13.4% · 303
Type of home
Detached house44.1% · 995
Semi-detached house30.1% · 679
Terraced house17.1% · 387
Purpose-built flat4.7% · 107
Converted house0.9% · 21
Other conversion0.9% · 20
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile1.8% · 41
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011816- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Henfield
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 22
Parishes in the ward
CowfoldShermanburyWest Grinstead
Other wards in the same constituency
BBillingshurst18.4% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned10,632BBroadbridge Heath11.2% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned6,355CColgate & Rusper15.4% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned5,998DDenne20.0% 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.