Electoral wardE05007695
Castle ward, Worthing
Castle is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,432 residents in 3,987 households — 4,375 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the Goring and Northbrook divisions.
Residents, 20219,432council ward average 8,565
Households3,9872.37 residents per household
Density4,375/ km²about 2.16 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+19.7%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 530
5–96.4% · 606
10–157.5% · 710
16–194.1% · 383
20–245.0% · 472
25–3413.4% · 1,267
35–4919.9% · 1,881
50–6418.3% · 1,729
65–7410.3% · 976
75–846.5% · 616
85+2.8% · 262
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.0% · 719
1 car or van45.2% · 1,803
2 cars or vans27.2% · 1,085
3 or more9.6% · 381
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright34.9% · 1,392
With mortgage33.3% · 1,327
Shared ownership1.0% · 38
Social rented15.2% · 604
Private rented15.6% · 623
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house16.5% · 657
Semi-detached house41.0% · 1,635
Terraced house21.1% · 841
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 716
Converted house1.2% · 48
Other conversion1.2% · 49
Above shop / office1.0% · 41
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007695- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Goring, Northbrook
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
CCentral18.6% aged 65+ · 42.8% owned10,557DDurrington26.8% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned5,839GGoring35.3% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned8,406HHeene27.3% aged 65+ · 48.7% owned8,746MMarine28.3% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned8,245NNorthbrook10.4% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned7,484SSalvington29.4% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned9,086TTarring18.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned8,465
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.