Electoral wardE05007700
Heene ward, Worthing
Heene is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,746 residents in 4,519 households — 9,151 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the Worthing Pier and Worthing West divisions.
Residents, 20218,746council ward average 8,565
Households4,5191.94 residents per household
Density9,151/ km²about 0.96 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+27.3%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 11.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 368
5–94.0% · 346
10–153.6% · 312
16–192.7% · 234
20–244.7% · 409
25–3415.2% · 1,326
35–4919.1% · 1,672
50–6419.3% · 1,690
65–7410.7% · 937
75–849.2% · 805
85+7.4% · 647
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.8% · 1,617
1 car or van47.5% · 2,145
2 cars or vans13.5% · 609
3 or more3.3% · 148
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright28.7% · 1,296
With mortgage20.1% · 907
Shared ownership0.5% · 24
Social rented9.0% · 406
Private rented41.6% · 1,881
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house4.0% · 182
Semi-detached house7.3% · 329
Terraced house6.1% · 274
Purpose-built flat51.1% · 2,308
Converted house27.2% · 1,228
Other conversion2.3% · 102
Above shop / office2.0% · 91
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007700- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Worthing Pier, Worthing West
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned5,839GGoring35.3% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned8,406MMarine28.3% 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.