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Electoral wardE05015412

Rottingdean & West Saltdean ward, Brighton and Hove

Rottingdean & West Saltdean is one of 23 electoral wards of Brighton and Hove City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,158 residents in 4,657 households — 1,260 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency.

Residents, 202110,158council ward average 12,048
Households4,6572.18 residents per household
Density1,260/ km²about 8.06 km² · Brighton and Hove 3,346
Aged 65+29.0%Brighton and Hove: 14.1% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 358
5–94.4% · 449
10–155.7% · 575
16–193.3% · 332
20–243.9% · 401
25–348.4% · 851
35–4918.0% · 1,824
50–6423.9% · 2,425
65–7414.5% · 1,477
75–849.9% · 1,009
85+4.5% · 454

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.1% · 890
1 car or van45.5% · 2,117
2 cars or vans27.0% · 1,259
3 or more8.4% · 391
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Brighton and Hove overall: 51.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 32.7% private rented.

Owned outright48.7% · 2,269
With mortgage29.3% · 1,364
Shared ownership1.0% · 46
Social rented4.3% · 200
Private rented16.6% · 774
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house57.8% · 2,695
Semi-detached house16.1% · 752
Terraced house5.0% · 232
Purpose-built flat15.2% · 709
Converted house2.1% · 100
Other conversion2.0% · 92
Above shop / office1.7% · 78
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015412
Region
South East
Density rank in council
22 of 23

Parishes in the ward

Rottingdean

Other wards in the same constituency

CColdean & Stanmer7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned10,114HHanover & Elm Grove7.3% aged 65+ · 48.2% owned16,015KKemptown15.5% aged 65+ · 33.9% owned12,065MMoulsecoomb & Bevendean10.4% aged 65+ · 36.0% owned14,894QQueen's Park11.3% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned9,959WWhitehawk & Marina14.6% aged 65+ · 31.0% owned11,989WWoodingdean21.6% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,774

All 23 wards of Brighton and Hove

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.