Electoral wardE05011818
Forest ward, Horsham
Forest is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,923 residents in 3,672 households — 2,068 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Horsham constituency; for county elections it is in the Horsham East and Horsham Hurst and Horsham Riverside divisions.
Residents, 20218,923council ward average 6,672
Households3,6722.43 residents per household
Density2,068/ km²about 4.31 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+19.4%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 530
5–96.0% · 538
10–157.7% · 686
16–194.5% · 398
20–243.8% · 343
25–3411.0% · 981
35–4921.3% · 1,898
50–6420.3% · 1,814
65–749.0% · 807
75–847.1% · 634
85+3.3% · 294
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.2% · 596
1 car or van43.8% · 1,610
2 cars or vans30.7% · 1,127
3 or more9.3% · 340
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright35.1% · 1,290
With mortgage33.0% · 1,211
Shared ownership0.9% · 34
Social rented17.3% · 634
Private rented13.7% · 502
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.2% · 1,074
Semi-detached house36.1% · 1,326
Terraced house11.4% · 420
Purpose-built flat20.5% · 753
Converted house1.9% · 68
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.7% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011818- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Horsham East, Horsham Hurst, Horsham Riverside
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Horsham
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% owned5,998CCowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead24.8% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned5,454DDenne20.0% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned10,389HHolbrook 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.