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Electoral wardE05011581

Sovereign ward, Eastbourne

Sovereign is one of 9 electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,881 residents in 5,491 households — 4,798 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eastbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Sovereign division.

Residents, 202111,881council ward average 11,298
Households5,4912.16 residents per household
Density4,798/ km²about 2.48 km² · Eastbourne 2,302
Aged 65+30.2%Eastbourne: 24.5% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 447
5–94.8% · 576
10–156.5% · 772
16–193.3% · 389
20–244.6% · 550
25–349.7% · 1,150
35–4915.8% · 1,878
50–6421.3% · 2,534
65–7416.0% · 1,904
75–8410.6% · 1,265
85+3.5% · 414

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.9% · 871
1 car or van49.8% · 2,733
2 cars or vans26.5% · 1,454
3 or more7.9% · 433
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.7% · 2,398
With mortgage24.7% · 1,356
Shared ownership0.7% · 36
Social rented6.0% · 328
Private rented25.0% · 1,374
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house19.5% · 1,073
Semi-detached house21.4% · 1,176
Terraced house23.7% · 1,302
Purpose-built flat34.6% · 1,901
Converted house0.4% · 20
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011581
County division
Sovereign
Constituency
Eastbourne
Region
South East
Density rank in council
2 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% owned10,939OOld Town20.6% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned11,166RRatton33.6% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned9,357SSt 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.