Electoral wardE05011829
Southwater South & Shipley ward, Horsham
Southwater South & Shipley is one of 22 electoral wards of Horsham District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,625 residents in 2,747 households — 187 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Horsham constituency; for county elections it is in the Southwater & Nuthurst and Billingshurst divisions.
Residents, 20216,625council ward average 6,672
Households2,7472.41 residents per household
Density187/ km²about 35.50 km² · Horsham 277
Aged 65+18.9%Horsham: 22.8% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 363
5–96.5% · 430
10–157.4% · 493
16–193.7% · 242
20–244.5% · 295
25–3412.5% · 829
35–4919.6% · 1,297
50–6421.4% · 1,421
65–7410.8% · 718
75–846.1% · 407
85+2.0% · 130
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.0% · 219
1 car or van36.0% · 989
2 cars or vans38.9% · 1,069
3 or more17.1% · 470
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Horsham overall: 72.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright35.4% · 971
With mortgage35.1% · 963
Shared ownership5.2% · 142
Social rented12.3% · 339
Private rented12.0% · 329
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house36.3% · 997
Semi-detached house29.1% · 800
Terraced house16.5% · 453
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 389
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile2.9% · 81
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011829- Council
- Horsham District Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Southwater & Nuthurst, Billingshurst
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 22
Parishes in the ward
ShipleySouthwater
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 North14.0% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned6,549
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.