Electoral wardE05007706
Tarring ward, Worthing
Tarring is one of 13 electoral wards of Worthing Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,465 residents in 3,657 households — 6,202 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worthing West constituency; for county elections it is in the Tarring division.
Residents, 20218,465council ward average 8,565
Households3,6572.31 residents per household
Density6,202/ km²about 1.36 km² · Worthing 3,424
Aged 65+18.6%Worthing: 22.4% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 467
5–96.6% · 556
10–157.5% · 635
16–193.7% · 314
20–244.3% · 368
25–3411.9% · 1,010
35–4920.8% · 1,764
50–6421.0% · 1,776
65–749.8% · 832
75–846.3% · 534
85+2.5% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.8% · 652
1 car or van46.6% · 1,704
2 cars or vans26.9% · 983
3 or more8.7% · 318
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worthing overall: 67.5% owned, 9.8% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright34.5% · 1,263
With mortgage37.2% · 1,360
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented8.9% · 325
Private rented19.1% · 699
Type of home
Detached house10.8% · 397
Semi-detached house35.7% · 1,306
Terraced house26.6% · 973
Purpose-built flat21.3% · 778
Converted house4.1% · 150
Other conversion0.5% · 17
Above shop / office1.0% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007706- Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Tarring
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 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% owned8,406HHeene27.3% 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% owned9,086
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.