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West Sussex County Council

Local authority area: West Sussex

West Sussex is a county council, in the South East England region of England. It covers 1,990.9 km² and had 892,336 residents in 2022 — about 448 people per km². The council is based in Chichester.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for West Sussex, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022892,336+9.5% since 2012
Land area1,990.9km²768.7 sq mi
Density448/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#9of 382 UK councils · #9 in England
Population estimates5 data points
815.1K858.9K867.6K882.7K892.3K
20122018202020212022
Borders

Neighbouring councils

SSurreyCounty council
Abroad

Twinned with

Riom
Same region, same type

Other county councils in South East

All councils in South East
Kent1,593,191Hampshire1,416,808Surrey1,214,540Oxfordshire738,276East Sussex550,720
Elections

70 county electoral divisions

Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.

DivisionDistrictWardsResidents
Angmering & FindonArun326,969
Arundel & CourtwickArun220,138
BerstedArun322,584
Bewbush & Ifield WestCrawley221,818
BillingshurstHorsham323,017
Bognor Regis EastArun428,695
Bognor Regis West & AldwickArun318,607
BourneChichester322,475
Bramber CastleHorsham211,455
BroadbridgeHorsham315,083
BroadfieldCrawley328,248
BroadwaterWorthing218,683
Burgess Hill EastMid Sussex318,157
Burgess Hill NorthMid Sussex420,943
Chichester EastChichester321,579
Chichester NorthChichester522,693
Chichester SouthChichester428,837
Chichester WestChichester320,523
CissburyWorthing326,375
Cuckfield & LucastesMid Sussex737,395
Durrington & SalvingtonWorthing214,925
East Grinstead MeridianMid Sussex422,494
East Grinstead South & Ashurst WoodMid Sussex419,765
East Preston & FerringArun212,628
FelphamArun212,295
FontwellArun217,562
GoringWorthing217,838
Hassocks & Burgess Hill SouthMid Sussex215,109
Haywards Heath EastMid Sussex214,337
Haywards Heath TownMid Sussex532,577
HenfieldHorsham211,423
HolbrookHorsham318,253
Horsham EastHorsham321,657
Horsham HurstHorsham431,824
Horsham RiversideHorsham219,312
Hurstpierpoint & BolneyMid Sussex420,005
ImberdownMid Sussex212,871
LancingAdur314,900
Langley Green & Ifield EastCrawley219,685
Lindfield & High WealdMid Sussex320,848
Littlehampton EastArun319,374
Littlehampton TownArun221,262
Maidenbower & WorthCrawley217,736
MiddletonArun211,827
MidhurstChichester317,746
NorthbrookWorthing216,916
Northgate & West GreenCrawley439,934
NyetimberArun317,886
PetworthChichester420,872
Pound HillCrawley217,866
PulboroughHorsham216,099
Rother ValleyChichester420,423
RustingtonArun213,706
SelseyChichester212,227
Shoreham NorthAdur522,265
Shoreham SouthAdur420,007
Sompting & North LancingAdur313,392
Southgate & Gossops GreenCrawley327,404
Southwater & NuthurstHorsham316,238
SouthwickAdur313,943
St. Leonard's ForestHorsham315,599
StorringtonHorsham325,472
TarringWorthing217,836
The WitteringsChichester216,242
Three BridgesCrawley218,036
Tilgate & Furnace GreenCrawley212,515
Worth ForestMid Sussex419,181
Worthing EastWorthing328,288
Worthing PierWorthing219,303
Worthing WestWorthing216,991
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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CWest Sussex County CouncilCouncil office · Chichester PO19 1RG · hours listedCWest Sussex County CouncilCouncil office · Bognor Regis PO22 9RE · hours listedCWest Sussex County Council - Early Childhood ServiceCouncil office · Chichester PO19 1RQ · hours listedCWest Sussex County Council - ParksideCouncil office · Horsham RH12 1AB · hours listed
Source: Wikidata Q23287 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.