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Electoral wardE05011578

Old Town ward, Eastbourne

Old Town is one of 9 electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,166 residents in 4,487 households — 1,356 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eastbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Old Town division.

Residents, 202111,166council ward average 11,298
Households4,4872.49 residents per household
Density1,356/ km²about 8.24 km² · Eastbourne 2,302
Aged 65+20.6%Eastbourne: 24.5% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 524
5–96.9% · 771
10–159.2% · 1,031
16–195.0% · 560
20–244.0% · 446
25–348.0% · 897
35–4919.5% · 2,183
50–6421.9% · 2,451
65–7411.1% · 1,240
75–846.6% · 739
85+2.9% · 325

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.4% · 779
1 car or van43.3% · 1,942
2 cars or vans29.8% · 1,337
3 or more9.6% · 429
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Eastbourne overall: 59.7% owned, 13.0% social rented, 26.6% private rented.

Owned outright40.6% · 1,823
With mortgage33.3% · 1,497
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented10.9% · 489
Private rented14.7% · 660
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house27.2% · 1,220
Semi-detached house36.9% · 1,653
Terraced house22.7% · 1,019
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 357
Converted house3.8% · 170
Other conversion0.6% · 25
Above shop / office0.9% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011578
County division
Old Town
Constituency
Eastbourne
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 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% owned10,629MMeads38.5% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned10,939RRatton33.6% 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

All 9 wards of Eastbourne

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.