Electoral wardE05011577
Meads ward, Eastbourne
Meads is one of 9 electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,939 residents in 5,727 households — 873 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eastbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Meads division.
Residents, 202110,939council ward average 11,298
Households5,7271.91 residents per household
Density873/ km²about 12.52 km² · Eastbourne 2,302
Aged 65+38.5%Eastbourne: 24.5% · under 16: 9.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.8% · 308
5–92.6% · 285
10–154.3% · 468
16–194.5% · 492
20–244.9% · 539
25–3410.7% · 1,166
35–4914.3% · 1,568
50–6417.4% · 1,901
65–7415.7% · 1,719
75–8414.1% · 1,546
85+8.6% · 946
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van36.8% · 2,110
1 car or van47.2% · 2,705
2 cars or vans12.6% · 723
3 or more3.3% · 189
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Eastbourne overall: 59.7% owned, 13.0% social rented, 26.6% private rented.
Owned outright46.5% · 2,659
With mortgage12.5% · 714
Shared ownership0.4% · 23
Social rented4.2% · 240
Private rented36.4% · 2,081
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house8.4% · 483
Semi-detached house5.1% · 292
Terraced house7.8% · 445
Purpose-built flat48.0% · 2,752
Converted house22.2% · 1,271
Other conversion4.9% · 280
Above shop / office3.5% · 199
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011577- Council
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Meads
- Constituency
- Eastbourne
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 9
Other wards in the same constituency
DDevonshire14.0% aged 65+ · 38.9% owned14,440HHampden Park17.7% aged 65+ · 48.5% owned10,781LLangney19.9% aged 65+ · 57.1% owned10,629OOld Town20.6% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned11,166RRatton33.6% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned9,357SSovereign30.2% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned11,881SSt Anthony's21.8% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned11,559UUpperton28.5% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned10,934
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.