Electoral wardE05007699
Goring ward, Worthing
Goring is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,406 residents in 3,838 households — 2,654 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the Goring division.
Residents, 20218,406council ward average 8,565
Households3,8382.19 residents per household
Density2,654/ km²about 3.17 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+35.3%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 285
5–94.4% · 367
10–156.0% · 508
16–193.6% · 303
20–243.7% · 314
25–347.2% · 606
35–4915.2% · 1,279
50–6421.2% · 1,781
65–7416.9% · 1,423
75–8412.6% · 1,063
85+5.7% · 478
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.8% · 608
1 car or van43.2% · 1,657
2 cars or vans30.7% · 1,180
3 or more10.2% · 393
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright56.0% · 2,150
With mortgage26.3% · 1,011
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented5.0% · 190
Private rented12.4% · 477
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house50.5% · 1,940
Semi-detached house19.6% · 753
Terraced house8.6% · 330
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 671
Converted house2.3% · 88
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office1.3% · 48
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007699- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Goring
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
CCastle19.7% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned9,432CCentral18.6% aged 65+ · 42.8% owned10,557DDurrington26.8% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned5,839HHeene27.3% 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.