Electoral wardE05011594
Peacehaven East ward, Lewes
Peacehaven East is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,377 residents in 2,348 households — 2,119 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency; for county elections it is in the Peacehaven division.
Residents, 20215,377council ward average 4,757
Households2,3482.29 residents per household
Density2,119/ km²about 2.54 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+24.7%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 272
5–96.0% · 323
10–156.3% · 339
16–193.6% · 193
20–244.3% · 231
25–3411.3% · 608
35–4918.3% · 982
50–6420.5% · 1,103
65–7412.6% · 680
75–848.7% · 466
85+3.4% · 183
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.0% · 445
1 car or van47.9% · 1,125
2 cars or vans24.8% · 583
3 or more8.3% · 195
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright40.6% · 954
With mortgage30.9% · 725
Shared ownership2.3% · 55
Social rented10.1% · 236
Private rented16.0% · 375
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house31.7% · 744
Semi-detached house31.7% · 745
Terraced house19.3% · 453
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 186
Converted house1.3% · 31
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.7% · 17
Caravan, mobile6.9% · 162
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011594- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Peacehaven
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Peacehaven
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.