Electoral wardE05011585
East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs ward, Lewes
East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,393 residents in 3,170 households — 1,564 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency; for county elections it is in the Telscombe division.
Residents, 20217,393council ward average 4,757
Households3,1702.33 residents per household
Density1,564/ km²about 4.73 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+24.6%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 319
5–95.5% · 404
10–156.4% · 474
16–194.0% · 296
20–244.6% · 337
25–349.4% · 692
35–4918.9% · 1,397
50–6422.4% · 1,657
65–7412.9% · 952
75–848.0% · 593
85+3.7% · 272
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.2% · 546
1 car or van43.3% · 1,374
2 cars or vans28.5% · 902
3 or more11.0% · 348
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright41.0% · 1,300
With mortgage36.8% · 1,166
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented6.3% · 199
Private rented15.4% · 489
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house46.7% · 1,481
Semi-detached house27.8% · 882
Terraced house8.0% · 255
Purpose-built flat15.0% · 475
Converted house1.3% · 42
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.7% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011585- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Telscombe
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Telscombe
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.