Electoral wardE05007703
Offington ward, Worthing
Offington is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,977 residents in 3,304 households — 998 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency; for county elections it is in the Cissbury division.
Residents, 20217,977council ward average 8,565
Households3,3042.41 residents per household
Density998/ km²about 7.99 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+29.6%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 253
5–94.9% · 391
10–157.3% · 580
16–194.4% · 355
20–244.0% · 322
25–347.2% · 573
35–4916.4% · 1,305
50–6423.1% · 1,842
65–7415.3% · 1,219
75–8410.4% · 830
85+3.9% · 310
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.7% · 320
1 car or van35.2% · 1,162
2 cars or vans38.3% · 1,265
3 or more16.9% · 558
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright52.1% · 1,723
With mortgage37.3% · 1,231
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented2.3% · 75
Private rented8.2% · 272
Type of home
Detached house59.7% · 1,973
Semi-detached house26.4% · 873
Terraced house2.8% · 93
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 280
Converted house1.6% · 53
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.8% · 28
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007703- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Cissbury
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 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.