Electoral wardE05011587
Lewes Bridge ward, Lewes
Lewes Bridge is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,834 residents in 2,383 households — 1,041 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Ringmer & Lewes Bridge division.
Residents, 20214,834council ward average 4,757
Households2,3832.03 residents per household
Density1,041/ km²about 4.64 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+22.7%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 207
5–94.6% · 224
10–156.6% · 320
16–193.8% · 182
20–244.3% · 210
25–3411.7% · 566
35–4918.7% · 905
50–6423.2% · 1,122
65–7411.7% · 565
75–847.3% · 353
85+3.7% · 177
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.9% · 736
1 car or van49.0% · 1,168
2 cars or vans16.5% · 393
3 or more3.6% · 86
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.6% · 848
With mortgage23.4% · 558
Shared ownership1.0% · 23
Social rented15.7% · 375
Private rented24.3% · 578
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house5.5% · 130
Semi-detached house22.9% · 545
Terraced house38.3% · 912
Purpose-built flat24.8% · 592
Converted house2.1% · 51
Other conversion3.1% · 73
Above shop / office3.3% · 78
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011587- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Ringmer & Lewes Bridge
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Lewes
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
DDitchling & Westmeston44.7% aged 65+ · 83.0% owned2,554KKingston30.7% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned1,905LLewes Castle20.4% aged 65+ · 56.4% owned3,964LLewes Priory22.1% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned7,916NNewhaven North21.1% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,877NNewhaven South18.2% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned7,814OOuse Valley & Ringmer29.0% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned6,513PPlumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John23.5% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned2,222SSeaford Central31.7% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned5,023SSeaford East37.3% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned4,776SSeaford North28.9% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,206SSeaford South36.9% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned4,391SSeaford West40.7% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned4,471
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.