Electoral wardE05011596
Peacehaven West ward, Lewes
Peacehaven West is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,872 residents in 2,310 households — 4,354 people per km², the 11th 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, 20214,872council ward average 4,757
Households2,3102.11 residents per household
Density4,354/ km²about 1.12 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+28.2%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 227
5–95.1% · 249
10–155.4% · 264
16–193.9% · 188
20–244.3% · 209
25–3410.1% · 493
35–4916.4% · 797
50–6422.0% · 1,072
65–7413.4% · 654
75–8410.6% · 515
85+4.2% · 203
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.8% · 574
1 car or van45.7% · 1,056
2 cars or vans22.0% · 508
3 or more7.4% · 172
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 942
With mortgage25.7% · 594
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented8.4% · 195
Private rented24.7% · 571
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house34.5% · 797
Semi-detached house27.9% · 645
Terraced house6.3% · 146
Purpose-built flat27.5% · 635
Converted house1.7% · 39
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office1.6% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011596- 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
- 2 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.