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Marine ward, Worthing

Marine is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,245 residents in 3,892 households — 5,304 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the Worthing West division.

Residents, 20218,245council ward average 8,565
Households3,8922.12 residents per household
Density5,304/ km²about 1.55 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+28.3%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 355
5–94.5% · 369
10–155.7% · 467
16–193.2% · 262
20–244.3% · 353
25–349.7% · 803
35–4917.9% · 1,478
50–6422.1% · 1,825
65–7413.5% · 1,112
75–849.7% · 802
85+5.1% · 419

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.9% · 734
1 car or van48.4% · 1,883
2 cars or vans24.7% · 960
3 or more8.1% · 315
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.

Owned outright44.5% · 1,732
With mortgage30.6% · 1,191
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented3.0% · 118
Private rented21.3% · 830

Type of home

Detached house20.7% · 804
Semi-detached house17.0% · 663
Terraced house13.0% · 505
Purpose-built flat38.1% · 1,484
Converted house9.0% · 350
Other conversion0.8% · 31
Above shop / office1.4% · 55
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.