Electoral wardE05011826
Roffey South ward, Horsham
Roffey South is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,537 residents in 3,118 households — 3,184 people per km², the 9th 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 Horsham East divisions.
Residents, 20216,537council ward average 6,672
Households3,1182.1 residents per household
Density3,184/ km²about 2.05 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+18.3%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 342
5–95.2% · 338
10–156.3% · 410
16–193.1% · 201
20–245.4% · 355
25–3415.0% · 980
35–4921.3% · 1,390
50–6420.3% · 1,327
65–7410.0% · 651
75–845.6% · 368
85+2.7% · 176
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.2% · 599
1 car or van45.6% · 1,422
2 cars or vans26.7% · 834
3 or more8.4% · 263
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright30.1% · 939
With mortgage30.9% · 963
Shared ownership0.8% · 25
Social rented15.4% · 479
Private rented22.8% · 710
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house17.0% · 531
Semi-detached house20.6% · 641
Terraced house17.4% · 543
Purpose-built flat41.8% · 1,302
Converted house1.9% · 58
Other conversion1.1% · 34
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011826- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- St. Leonard's Forest, Horsham East
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 22
Parishes in the ward
HorshamNorth Horsham
Council offices in this ward
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% owned10,389FForest19.4% 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% owned6,197RRudgwick25.0% 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.