Goring-by-Sea Feature Index


People standing up to be counted

Goring Population

*

Website about the 2001 Census
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/

Alternative Statistics from the Government electoral ward website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/neighbourhood/ward.asp?gor=J&la=45UH&wardsel=45UHFF

Population mid 1998 8000
Live Births 1998 55
Total Deaths 1998 153
Income Support Claiments
Aug 1988
210
No of businesses registered
for VAT Mar 2000
170
No employed by those businesses 3600
Deprivation Ranking 7394 out of 8414

Population figures from the 1991 Census.

Goring-by-Sea consists of two wards,
Goring and Castle, - the new housing estate at Maybridge.
The figures are also shown with comparitives for
neighbouring Ferring which is in Arun District,
and for Worthing District, and Sussex where appropriate.


There are 15,684 people in Goring-by-Sea,
living in 6934 households,
with 2403 children, 7028 cars,
and probably as many as 2250 dogs.

* Population
The total population of Goring Parish is 15,584

Population
Goring
Castle
Ferring
Worthing
Sussex
UK
 
7819
7765
3909
96K
702K
52M

* Broken down by Age
West Sussex is sometimes refered to as the Costa Geriactica, with some justification.
Particularly noticable in Goring and Ferring.

Age
Goring
Castle
Ferring
Worthing
Sussex
UK
0-15
941 12%
1462 19%
375 9%
16-29
890 11%
1302 17%
354 9%
30-44
1108 14%
1522 20%
475 11%
45-P
1461 19%
1505 19%
826 20%
P
3422 44%
1983 24%
2116 51%
30%
24%
18%
Note: P indicates Pensioner (Female over 60, Male over 65)

* Broken down by Sex
Both Goring and Ferring have more women than the average,
because the gentle sex tend to live longer than the men.
Men have a life expectancy of 73, women 79

Sex (over age 16)
Goring
Castle
Ferring
UK
Male
2956 43%
2958 47%
1590 42%
48%
Female
3919 57%
3360 53%
2195 58%
52%
Total
6875
6318
3785

* Are we working?
Most of the people in Castle ward are working,
but Goring is also earning its keep.

Economically Active
Goring
Castle
Ferring
Male
1560 53%
2042 69%
760 48%
Female
1272 33%
1589 47%
576 26%
Total
2832 41%
3631 57%
1336 35%

* Are we all rich?
Most people on the coast own their own homes, have central heating
and own a car.

 
Goring
Castle
Ferring
Worthing
Sussex
Households
3679
3255
2089
42K
284K
Owner Occupied
91%
77%
94%
80%
24%
No Central Heating
7%
20%
5%
15%
11%
No Car
24%
28%
21%
31%
24%

* Number of Cars

Number of Cars
Goring
Castle
Ferring
UK
1 car
1912
1624
1149
2 cars
724
589
407
3+ cars
141
122
86
Total (approx)
3860
3168
2221
24M
per K pop
494
408
569
461

* Lets look at the Households
Goring and Ferring have a lot of pensioners, and rather fewer children.
And rather a lot of long term ill.

In households
Goring
Castle
Ferring
Worthing
Sussex
Persons per household
2.1
2.4
1.9
2.3
2.5
with Pensioners
64%
43%
69%
45%
40%
with one person
31%
26%
36%
34%
27%
with children
15%
25%
10%
21%
24%
long term ill
17%
13%
19%
13%
10%

* Its Moving Day again.
In Goring, as in many other places, 7% of households move each year,
but in Goring they often move within the Parish.

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