Electoral wardE05007705
Selden ward, Worthing
Selden is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,419 residents in 3,775 households — 4,719 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency; for county elections it is in the Worthing East division.
Residents, 20218,419council ward average 8,565
Households3,7752.23 residents per household
Density4,719/ km²about 1.78 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+19.1%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 401
5–95.3% · 445
10–156.6% · 553
16–194.0% · 335
20–244.8% · 407
25–3412.8% · 1,079
35–4921.8% · 1,835
50–6420.9% · 1,758
65–7410.1% · 854
75–846.0% · 509
85+2.9% · 243
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.8% · 1,013
1 car or van48.6% · 1,837
2 cars or vans19.0% · 718
3 or more5.5% · 209
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright30.3% · 1,145
With mortgage29.6% · 1,117
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented10.0% · 377
Private rented29.7% · 1,123
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house8.6% · 326
Semi-detached house22.8% · 863
Terraced house26.7% · 1,007
Purpose-built flat21.6% · 816
Converted house17.9% · 677
Other conversion1.0% · 39
Above shop / office1.2% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007705- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Worthing East
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 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.