Electoral wardE05011819
Henfield ward, Horsham
Henfield is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,969 residents in 2,667 households — 406 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Arundel and South Downs constituency; for county elections it is in the Henfield division.
Residents, 20215,969council ward average 6,672
Households2,6672.24 residents per household
Density406/ km²about 14.72 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+28.9%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 298
5–95.5% · 326
10–156.3% · 377
16–193.6% · 215
20–243.7% · 219
25–3410.0% · 598
35–4915.6% · 931
50–6421.4% · 1,280
65–7413.1% · 782
75–8410.8% · 646
85+5.0% · 297
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.0% · 292
1 car or van41.3% · 1,100
2 cars or vans34.0% · 906
3 or more13.8% · 367
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright42.9% · 1,145
With mortgage27.0% · 719
Shared ownership2.5% · 67
Social rented15.4% · 410
Private rented12.2% · 325
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.2% · 991
Semi-detached house33.0% · 880
Terraced house16.9% · 451
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 272
Converted house1.1% · 30
Other conversion0.6% · 15
Above shop / office0.9% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011819- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Henfield
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Henfield
Other wards in the same constituency
BBramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote28.3% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned5,354PPulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley27.2% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned7,392SSteyning & Ashurst31.7% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned6,101SStorrington & Washington32.8% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned9,373WWest Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington30.8% aged 65+ · 84.2% owned8,707
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.