Electoral wardE05007696
Central ward, Worthing
Central is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,557 residents in 5,468 households — 7,015 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the Worthing East and Worthing Pier divisions.
Residents, 202110,557council ward average 8,565
Households5,4681.93 residents per household
Density7,015/ km²about 1.51 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+18.6%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 561
5–94.6% · 488
10–155.0% · 523
16–192.9% · 301
20–245.8% · 611
25–3416.9% · 1,780
35–4922.1% · 2,333
50–6419.0% · 2,004
65–748.1% · 858
75–846.6% · 694
85+3.9% · 408
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.8% · 2,285
1 car or van44.9% · 2,457
2 cars or vans11.0% · 601
3 or more2.3% · 124
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright22.8% · 1,246
With mortgage20.0% · 1,096
Shared ownership0.7% · 39
Social rented13.6% · 746
Private rented42.8% · 2,342
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 162
Semi-detached house5.9% · 320
Terraced house21.5% · 1,176
Purpose-built flat40.6% · 2,219
Converted house21.7% · 1,187
Other conversion2.5% · 134
Above shop / office4.8% · 265
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007696- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Worthing East, Worthing Pier
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 13
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CCastle19.7% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned9,432DDurrington26.8% 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.