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Electoral wardE05011582
Upperton ward, Eastbourne
Upperton is one of 9 electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,934 residents in 5,490 households — 3,710 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Eastbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Upperton division.
Residents, 202110,934council ward average 11,298
Households5,4901.99 residents per household
Density3,710/ km²about 2.95 km² · Eastbourne 2,302
Aged 65+28.5%Eastbourne: 24.5% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 430
5–93.7% · 404
10–154.7% · 515
16–193.3% · 365
20–245.2% · 573
25–3414.0% · 1,527
35–4916.8% · 1,841
50–6419.8% · 2,163
65–7412.5% · 1,366
75–849.5% · 1,042
85+6.5% · 707
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.2% · 1,879
1 car or van45.7% · 2,510
2 cars or vans15.6% · 855
3 or more4.5% · 246
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Eastbourne overall: 59.7% owned, 13.0% social rented, 26.6% private rented.
Owned outright31.7% · 1,739
With mortgage21.8% · 1,198
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented9.4% · 517
Private rented36.6% · 2,007
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house10.6% · 584
Semi-detached house6.7% · 368
Terraced house13.4% · 737
Purpose-built flat47.3% · 2,599
Converted house18.6% · 1,021
Other conversion2.3% · 125
Above shop / office1.0% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011582- Council
- Eastbourne Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Upperton
- Constituency
- Eastbourne
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 9
Council offices in this ward
CEastbourne Borough CouncilCouncil office · BN21 4UGTEastbourne Town HallTown hall · BN21 4UGCEast Sussex County CouncilCouncil office · BN21 3UUCSurrey & Sussex Probation TrustCouncil office · BN21 1DDCSt Mary's House, Adult Social CareCouncil office · BN21 3UU
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% owned9,357SSovereign30.2% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned11,881SSt Anthony's21.8% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned11,559
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.