Electoral wardE05007694
Broadwater ward, Worthing
Broadwater is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,312 residents in 3,797 households — 4,676 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency; for county elections it is in the Broadwater and Cissbury and Worthing East divisions.
Residents, 20219,312council ward average 8,565
Households3,7972.45 residents per household
Density4,676/ km²about 1.99 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+15.4%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 483
5–96.4% · 596
10–158.8% · 824
16–194.7% · 436
20–245.2% · 486
25–3412.3% · 1,142
35–4921.6% · 2,009
50–6420.4% · 1,904
65–748.3% · 776
75–845.1% · 478
85+1.9% · 181
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 699
1 car or van43.0% · 1,633
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,124
3 or more9.0% · 341
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright33.6% · 1,275
With mortgage39.1% · 1,486
Shared ownership0.7% · 27
Social rented8.3% · 316
Private rented18.2% · 692
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house9.1% · 346
Semi-detached house23.0% · 875
Terraced house44.5% · 1,689
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 655
Converted house4.2% · 160
Other conversion0.9% · 34
Above shop / office1.0% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007694- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Broadwater, Cissbury, Worthing East
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 13
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.