Electoral wardE05011597
Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John ward, Lewes
Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,222 residents in 880 households — 78 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Chailey and Ouse Valley West & Downs divisions.
Residents, 20212,222council ward average 4,757
Households8802.52 residents per household
Density78/ km²about 28.41 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+23.5%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.7% · 60
5–94.4% · 97
10–157.1% · 159
16–197.9% · 176
20–243.8% · 85
25–347.7% · 172
35–4916.6% · 370
50–6426.2% · 583
65–7413.6% · 302
75–847.1% · 159
85+2.7% · 61
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.3% · 73
1 car or van34.4% · 303
2 cars or vans40.1% · 353
3 or more17.2% · 151
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright44.6% · 392
With mortgage33.3% · 293
Shared ownership0.7% · 6
Social rented9.0% · 79
Private rented12.3% · 108
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house49.1% · 433
Semi-detached house31.4% · 277
Terraced house13.3% · 117
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 38
Converted house0.9% · 8
Other conversion0.3% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011597- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Chailey, Ouse Valley West & Downs
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Parishes in the ward
East ChiltingtonPlumptonSt. John (Without)Streat
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 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% owned6,513SSeaford 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.