Electoral wardE05011828
Southwater North ward, Horsham
Southwater North is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,549 residents in 2,290 households — 671 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Horsham constituency; for county elections it is in the Southwater & Nuthurst division.
Residents, 20216,549council ward average 6,672
Households2,2902.86 residents per household
Density671/ km²about 9.76 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+14.0%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 22.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 281
5–95.1% · 333
10–1513.6% · 889
16–199.1% · 594
20–244.3% · 279
25–349.4% · 613
35–4917.6% · 1,151
50–6422.8% · 1,496
65–748.2% · 537
75–844.3% · 281
85+1.5% · 96
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.9% · 135
1 car or van33.8% · 775
2 cars or vans41.0% · 940
3 or more19.2% · 440
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 869
With mortgage42.6% · 976
Shared ownership1.4% · 32
Social rented4.5% · 103
Private rented13.5% · 309
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house52.1% · 1,194
Semi-detached house21.1% · 483
Terraced house18.6% · 427
Purpose-built flat4.7% · 107
Converted house0.8% · 18
Other conversion0.7% · 15
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 46
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011828- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Southwater & Nuthurst
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Southwater
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% owned6,197RRoffey South18.3% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned6,537RRudgwick25.0% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned2,968SSouthwater 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.