Electoral wardE05011601
Seaford South ward, Lewes
Seaford South is one of 21 electoral wards of Lewes District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,391 residents in 2,076 households — 2,018 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Seaford South division.
Residents, 20214,391council ward average 4,757
Households2,0762.12 residents per household
Density2,018/ km²about 2.18 km² · Lewes 342
Aged 65+36.9%Lewes: 26.5% · under 16: 12.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 135
5–93.8% · 167
10–155.7% · 251
16–193.5% · 154
20–243.7% · 163
25–346.7% · 294
35–4914.6% · 642
50–6421.9% · 962
65–7419.3% · 848
75–8412.0% · 525
85+5.6% · 247
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.6% · 449
1 car or van43.3% · 899
2 cars or vans27.6% · 574
3 or more7.5% · 155
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lewes overall: 71.1% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.9% private rented.
Owned outright49.2% · 1,022
With mortgage23.3% · 484
Shared ownership1.1% · 23
Social rented11.4% · 237
Private rented14.8% · 307
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house43.8% · 911
Semi-detached house12.3% · 256
Terraced house15.7% · 326
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 378
Converted house4.8% · 99
Other conversion3.3% · 69
Above shop / office1.8% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011601- Council
- Lewes District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Seaford South
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 East37.3% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned4,776SSeaford North28.9% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,206SSeaford 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.