Electoral wardE05007698
Gaisford ward, Worthing
Gaisford is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,371 residents in 3,976 households — 5,809 people per km², the 3rd 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 Tarring divisions.
Residents, 20219,371council ward average 8,565
Households3,9762.36 residents per household
Density5,809/ km²about 1.61 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+15.7%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 450
5–96.0% · 560
10–157.8% · 734
16–195.0% · 469
20–245.4% · 505
25–3411.4% · 1,068
35–4922.4% · 2,096
50–6421.5% · 2,016
65–748.4% · 787
75–845.0% · 473
85+2.3% · 213
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.6% · 859
1 car or van43.0% · 1,709
2 cars or vans27.0% · 1,075
3 or more8.4% · 333
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright32.4% · 1,288
With mortgage37.5% · 1,492
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented6.7% · 268
Private rented22.9% · 909
Type of home
Detached house14.6% · 579
Semi-detached house27.5% · 1,092
Terraced house25.8% · 1,028
Purpose-built flat19.4% · 773
Converted house10.6% · 423
Other conversion0.5% · 19
Above shop / office1.6% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007698- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Broadwater, Tarring
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.