Electoral wardE05011579
Ratton ward, Eastbourne
Ratton is one of 9 electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,357 residents in 4,199 households — 1,649 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eastbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Ratton division.
Residents, 20219,357council ward average 11,298
Households4,1992.23 residents per household
Density1,649/ km²about 5.67 km² · Eastbourne 2,302
Aged 65+33.6%Eastbourne: 24.5% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 346
5–94.9% · 457
10–156.1% · 570
16–193.3% · 311
20–243.5% · 325
25–348.6% · 803
35–4915.7% · 1,474
50–6420.6% · 1,933
65–7415.2% · 1,420
75–8412.8% · 1,199
85+5.6% · 523
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.9% · 752
1 car or van44.6% · 1,873
2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,186
3 or more9.2% · 388
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Eastbourne overall: 59.7% owned, 13.0% social rented, 26.6% private rented.
Owned outright51.5% · 2,162
With mortgage26.9% · 1,130
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented9.0% · 376
Private rented12.2% · 513
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house52.4% · 2,200
Semi-detached house19.4% · 814
Terraced house15.4% · 647
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 492
Converted house0.6% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011579- Council
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Ratton
- Constituency
- Eastbourne
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 9
Council offices in this ward
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% owned10,939OOld Town20.6% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned11,166SSovereign30.2% 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.