Electoral wardE05011599
Seaford East ward, Lewes
Seaford East is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,776 residents in 2,132 households — 824 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Seaford North division.
Residents, 20214,776council ward average 4,757
Households2,1322.24 residents per household
Density824/ km²about 5.80 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+37.3%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 179
5–94.5% · 215
10–156.3% · 302
16–193.5% · 165
20–243.6% · 174
25–347.3% · 348
35–4914.4% · 686
50–6419.4% · 928
65–7418.2% · 870
75–8413.2% · 632
85+5.8% · 279
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.1% · 322
1 car or van43.9% · 935
2 cars or vans29.9% · 638
3 or more11.1% · 237
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright58.2% · 1,240
With mortgage25.6% · 545
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented8.6% · 183
Private rented7.4% · 157
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house60.8% · 1,295
Semi-detached house22.7% · 484
Terraced house11.5% · 245
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 90
Converted house0.4% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011599- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Seaford North
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Seaford
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% owned6,513PPlumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John23.5% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned2,222SSeaford Central31.7% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned5,023SSeaford 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.