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Worthing Borough Council

Local authority area: Worthing

Worthing is a district council in West Sussex, in the South East England region of England. It covers 32.5 km² and had 112,044 residents in 2022 — about 3,445 people per km². The authority dates from 1890. The council is based in Worthing.

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Town hall in the administrative centreWorthing Town Hall including Assembly Hall and Worthing Room

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Worthing, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022112,044+6.0% since 2012

Land area32.5km²12.6 sq mi

Density3,445/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#282of 382 UK councils · #237 in England

Population estimates4 data points

105.7K107.7K110K112K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1890
Created
Worthing became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in West Sussex

All councils in South East

Arun166,366 Mid Sussex154,930 Horsham148,696 Chichester126,103 Crawley119,509 Adur64,688

Elections

13 electoral wards

Census 2021: 111,339 residents in 49,535 households across the wards; 22.4% aged 65+, 67.5% of homes owned, 21.8% of households without a car.

1Central5,468 households · 18.6% aged 65+10,557 2Castle3,987 households · 19.7% aged 65+9,432 3Gaisford3,976 households · 15.7% aged 65+9,371 4Broadwater3,797 households · 15.4% aged 65+9,312 5Salvington3,905 households · 29.4% aged 65+9,086 6Heene4,519 households · 27.3% aged 65+8,746

All wards of Worthing

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Council offices

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

CAdur & Worthing CouncilsCouncil office · Worthing BN11 1HS · hours listed TWorthing Borough CouncilTown hall · Worthing BN11 1HA · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Worthing West · 9 wards East Worthing and Shoreham · 4 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21886170 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.