Electoral wardE05011588
Lewes Castle ward, Lewes
Lewes Castle is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,964 residents in 1,769 households — 3,050 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Lewes and Ringmer & Lewes Bridge divisions.
Residents, 20213,964council ward average 4,757
Households1,7692.24 residents per household
Density3,050/ km²about 1.30 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+20.4%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 175
5–95.6% · 221
10–158.9% · 353
16–194.8% · 192
20–244.0% · 159
25–349.4% · 372
35–4920.0% · 792
50–6422.5% · 891
65–7410.7% · 426
75–846.9% · 274
85+2.7% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.3% · 536
1 car or van47.8% · 846
2 cars or vans17.2% · 305
3 or more4.7% · 83
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright32.7% · 578
With mortgage23.7% · 420
Shared ownership0.5% · 8
Social rented25.6% · 454
Private rented17.1% · 303
Lives rent free0.4% · 7
Type of home
Detached house7.2% · 127
Semi-detached house25.3% · 448
Terraced house40.0% · 708
Purpose-built flat18.9% · 335
Converted house4.5% · 79
Other conversion2.5% · 44
Above shop / office1.5% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011588- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Lewes, Ringmer & Lewes Bridge
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Lewes
Other wards in the same constituency
DDitchling & Westmeston44.7% aged 65+ · 83.0% owned2,554KKingston30.7% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned1,905LLewes Bridge22.7% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned4,834LLewes 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.